'Shaking the Habitual' is the fourth album, and first in seven years studio album by Swedish electronic music duo The Knife. It is scheduled for release on 8 April 2013 internationally and 9 April in the United States. The album was announced on 12 December 2012, along with a teaser video posted on YouTube. The track listing was officially revealed on 25 January 2013, followed by the artwork two days later.
"Full of Fire" was released as the album's lead single on 28 January 2013. An accompanying short film was directed by Marit Östberg, who contributed a film to the 2009 Swedish feminist porn compilation Dirty Diaries. The album's second single, "A Tooth for an Eye", was released on 11 March 2013, for which a music video was directed by Roxy Farhat and Kakan Hermansson.