My opinion of the new Knife is still all over the place, but it's firmly in the 'tough love' category. I keep thinking, this is great but it's one of those albums I admire while never playing, but then I keep playing it over and over. I definitely skip the 20 minute drone track and that fucking god-awful fracking song -- I don't even see the point of making something that unpleasant. There isn't the catchiness of their best songs but the atmosphere is so smothering that I really like it for late night listening.
But like so many double albums, this will become a blockbuster single album once I edit out all the overly weirdo crap.