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ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF – The Miraculous

09 Monday Nov 2015

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ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF - The Miraculous, Apocalyptic pop, Dark Church Organs, Dead Can Dance, Diamanda Galas, Echo & The Bunnymen, Ethereal, Kate Bush, Lene Lovich, Lisa Gerrard, Lone Justice, Luger, Ritualisric darkclad dirge, Throwing muses, Twin Peaks

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The Miraculous is the third album from Sweden’s Anna Von Hausswolff and a follow up to the epic Ceremony album. As soon as you hear the first strains of the familiar church organ on Discovery the hairs will rise on Your neck as a tingle goes down Your spine. The song encapsulates the same brilliance as Dead Can Dance as the song swirls around every cavity of the skull for the first 4.30 mins and then it morphs  effortlessly in a demonstration of ethereal vocal magnificence. Beautiful! The Hope Only Of Empty Men continues like the motion like horror tinged saw blade through the aural sense. Lovely! Pomperipossa may only be just over 2 minutes long but like banshee Anna will have Your soul possessed. Epic! Come Wander With Me/ Deliverance if this song was in a filmscore it would easily be oscar nominated such is the brilliance of its composition. Vocally reaching the same enthralling level of Lisa Gerrard or Diamanda Gallas before transforming into a ritualistic darkclad disturbing dirge with a hint of Luger before swinging back with vocal mania of Lena Lovich and Kate Bush spliced together. Sheer Brilliance! Love it! En Emsam Vandrare has an ambience of Twin Peaks colliding with the darkside of the music of Echo & The Bunnymen. Wow! An Oath – damn infectious loop, dark pop brilliance with perhaps a hint of Lone Justice/ Throwing Muses. Magnificent! Evocation from the opening sirenlike vocal and the sonic vocal soundscape almost like an angelic herald for the apocalypse. Love it! The Miraculous is without doubt the most Gothic track Anna has recorded which captures perfectly the true spirit in name and sound of the album almost has a hint of John Carpenter. Great! Stranger an angelic dark ballard which reminds me a bit of The Walkabaouts and brings to an end what is easily Anna’s best album so far easily a 13 out of 10!

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Tour dates currently announced are

12/02 – Hamburg (DE) – Nordwind @ Kampnagel
12/03 – Köln (DE) – Gebäude 9
12/04 – Bern (CH) – Nordwind @ Dampfzentrale
12/05 – Dresden (DE) – Beatpol
12/06 – Berlin (DE) – Nordwind @ Sophiensäle
12/08 – London (UK) – Oslo
12/09 – Leicester (UK) – Cookie
12/11 – Den Haag (NL) – State X New Forms
12/12 – Groningen (NL) – Vera
12/13 – Paris (FR) – Le Petit Bain
01/21 – Malmö (SE) – Babel
01/22 – Copenhagen (DK) – Jazzhouse
01/25 – Stockholm (SE) – Dramaten
02/05 – Luleå (SE) – Kulturens hus
02/06 – Umeå (SE) – Väven
02/07 – Uppsala (SE) – UKK

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http://annavonhausswolff.org

SCREATURE – Four Columns

28 Sunday Jun 2015

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45 Grave, Antiworld, Batlord, Chrome, Cult Of The Psychic fetus, Dark Punk, deathrock, deathwave, Diamand Galas, Early Christian Death, Gitane Dimone, Killing Joke, L7, Penis Flytrap, PIL, post punk, scarlets remains, Screature, Screature- Four Columns, the cramps, The Doors, The Fuzztones, The Ramones, Therapy?, Throwing muses, U2

screature_four columns_coverScreature formed in 2008 in Sacaremento, California and released their debut album “Screature” in 2013. Four Columns is their latest album release and what terrifying magnificent monster it is! The album burst’s into life with  Plastic Point Of View – The guitars have a mix of early Stories For Boys smashing into L7. Great! Liz has a very powerful vocal delivery reminds a bit of Scarlet Remains. Very tight drums and bass make for an impressive powerhouse dark punk punch! Yes! Crumbling – Liz’s vocals totally eclipse Gitane Demone and Great guitars from Chris Orr. what an epic slice of psycho dark punk to set the dancefloor on fire. Love it! Down Boys shows what is missing from the current deathrock scene. Love the way the keyboards and guitars weave together. Damn catchy! Faceless– The guitars remind me very much of early Chrome with a hint of early PIL in the bass and drums. Powered on by a great vocal delivery.Epic! Half Past Midnight wow!. The guitars sound like The Cramps played at the speed of The Ramones. The sound of Dark Punk disco inferno. Great! Lost Ones – is one of the longer tracks on the album at around 4 minutes in length. This has very strong Chrome feel in the music but the vocals and guitar work lift it to a new level. Liz’s vocals are as good as Gitane Demone or Diamanda Galas. Epic!

One Hundred Lies unleashes the Fuzz guitar sound definately one for fans of The Fuzztones. Another bomb for the dancefloor! Love it! Channel F has some very nice choppy high speed Killing Joke guitars. Yet another track to firebomb the dancefloor. Great! Laws of Intrigue– the perfect song to get out of control on the dancefloor reminds me of classic early Christian Death.Bop! High Rise Escape – If The Doors had been a punk band with a female vocalist they might have sounded as great as this!Wow! Graves & Heirs is the A-Bomb that explodes at the end of the album. A punkpsychofuzzbilly Masterpiece! What a kin great album! I really hope Screature will be invited to the UK as they are at the top of my must see list and they should be at the top of yours!

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