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True to enigmatic form, The Knife have released a mysterious new video that might hint at a new album in 2013.
The clip, entitled 'We asked our friends and lovers to help us', features several pairs of high-heel wearing feet - sometimes on a swing - a brief clip of partiers and a soundtrack of ambiguously throbbing music.
The video's caption elaborates: "Music can be so meaningless. We had to find lust. We asked our friends and lovers to help us."
The same message appears on the group's Facebook.
While the video makes no reference at all to news of a fifth album, fans will be hoping its appearance does indeed signal a forthcoming record seeing as it's been more than six years since their last release. The critically acclaimed Silent Shout was released in 2006 as a follow-up to 2003's Deep Cuts.
Rumours of a new release have been doing the rounds for sometime, with the brother-sister duo supposedly in the studio together working on new material. There's even been a rumoured name for the new album - Shaking The Habitual.
But we shouldn't really be surprised by The Knife's shadiness. The pair, who perform in masks, are notoriously recluse when it comes to being in the music spotlight. Before embarking on a sell-out world tour in 2006, they'd never even played a live performance.
They shot to international recognition in 2003 when they allowed Jose Gonzalez to cover their song Heartbeats, with the cover version being used on a Sony Bravia advert.
The Knife, who are staunchly anti-commercial in their views about the music industry, explained that they allowed Sony to use the song only because the amount the label paid them was enough for them to start their own record label.
While everything points in the direction of a new album to arrive in the first half of 2013, we'll have to wait for any definitive confirmation.
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