Originally released in April, this beautiful, sensual, mysterious, mystical alt-folk release by the Scotland-born, Denmark-raised and Copenhagen-based composer and singer is filled with long, rapturous notes, piano, strings, church bells, and themes of solitude and death, and evocative of sparse Scandinavian landscapes. Inspired by the work of Julia Holter, as well as medieval nun Hildegard von Bingen, there’s also something of Sinéad O’Connor in Connelly’s passionate expiration of vocal sound, especially on the lovely guitar Life of The Forbidden. Other standouts include the dark, piano-based, gradually unfolding opener, Into This, Called Loneliness, which also has some shades of Kate Bush, the medieval madrigal feel of An Embroidery, with a prelude of church bells before and during it, the sparse, but powerful chanting of Wee Rosebud, and the soaringly sensual The Excess of Sorrow, Laughter, with guitar, bells and a beautiful clarity of voice, and the call-and-response voice effect effect on closer S.O.S. Song of The Sword. A release that grows in its understated power, transports in time and place, with stillness, sensuality, mood, and gorgeous, alluring melancholy. Out on Warp Records.
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