{"id":2477,"date":"2012-04-01T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2477"},"modified":"2015-10-23T11:26:06","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T15:26:06","slug":"swedish-electronic-goth-princess-karin-park-releases-her-debut-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2477","title":{"rendered":"Swedish electronic-goth princess Karin Park releases debut album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Swedish electronic-goth princess Karin Park has announced the release of her debut album &#8216;Highwire Poetry&#8217; on the May 28. The album is the follow-up to the release of her UK debut EP &#8216;Tiger Dreams&#8217; last September but Karin Park is a new name to many outside of Scandinavia, while at home Karin has already picked up two Norwegian Grammy\u2019s and recently supported Azari &amp; III and SBTRKT on their European tour dates. This is definitely looking forward to this album if it sounds anything like her previous release or <em>Reckless<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video for the super cool track <em>Tiger Dreams<\/em> below.<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AGvrWWp3294?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Listen to <em>Reckless<\/em>, the first single lifted from &#8216;Highwire Poetry&#8217; below.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"81\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F41242280&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false&color=f2f2f2\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Recorded with producers Barry Barnett and Christoffer Berg (Fever Ray, The Knife), the album explores Karin\u2019s fascination with spirituality, sexuality, power, love and hate. Going up in a remote Swedish town, Karin\u2019s religious upbringing and experiences, including three years in a Japanese missionary school, have provided her with a distance from reality, enabling us to see the world anew through her eyes on &#8216;Highwire Poetry&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tour dates:<\/strong><br \/>\nMay 5 \u2013 Live At Leeds<br \/>\nMay 27 \u2013 Berlin \u2013 Ting Tings support<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Karin Park, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.karinpark.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">karinpark.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Swedish electronic-goth princess Karin Park has announced the release of her debut album &#8216;Highwire Poetry&#8217; on the May 28. The album is the follow-up to <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2477\" title=\"Swedish electronic-goth princess Karin Park releases debut album\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13,23,25,28,30],"tags":[3645,667,954,1061],"class_list":["post-2477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronic-music","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-new-release","tag-highwire-poetry","tag-karin-park","tag-reckless","tag-single"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/karin-park-008.jpg?fit=460%2C276&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-DX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2899,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2899","url_meta":{"origin":2477,"position":0},"title":"Karin Park gets remixed by Genetix","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"May 11, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Swedish electro-goth princess Karin Park will release her\u00a0Restless single on Monday May 21. 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