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If
you’ve a penchant for ethereal vocals draped across vast
inhospitable soundscapes blending folk, industrial metal and
electronica, then LA-based Chelsea Wolfe may be right up your street.
Considering Ms Wolfe grew up in southern California, the famed
sunshine of that region has so far been largely absent from her
material. One may wonder if things are likely to change on album
number 5 but considering the title of the new record, released on the
Sargent House label, not to mention new single ‘Carrion Flowers’
combining fuzzy, scuzzy and muzzy with road-drill drum effects
tactically placed throughout to beat any semblance of listener
resistance into submission, perhaps not.
Having
said that, despite Ms Wolfe’s interest in exploring darker parts
the human psyche, the evident quality of her recorded output, plus
the attention to detail indicates there is a talented soul at work
here, benefiting from both her early exposure to music and more
importantly, the tools to make some of her own. Her voice is both
hauntingly beautiful and sinister at the same time and she knows how
best to use it, simply letting it ride the copious waves contained
within the perfect storm of expansive sound she creates.
‘Abyss’
hits the virtual shelves on August 7th
and on the evidence of ‘Carrion’, plus the exquisite quiet/loud
dynamic within ‘Iron Moon’, also currently available, we may be
looking at the perfect soundtrack to the returning lengthy evenings.
Preview - Mike Price
Tracklisting
1. Carrion Flowers
2. Iron Moon
3. Dragged Out
4. Maw
5. Grey Days
6. After the Fall
7. Crazy Love
8. Simple Death
9. Survive
10. Color of Blood
11. The Abyss
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