Narrow is an album to be endured more than enjoyed, a work of serious art not entertainment.
Narrow takes harrowing experiences and pain and transforms them into beautifully cathartic lullabies.
Behold Anja Plaschg, who you will worship as Soap & Skin, for she is the new Queen of Singing Sad Piano-Based Songs.
‘Narrow’ is claustrophobically intense, and yet this emotional pressure has focused her artistically, her sound honed down to minimal, piano-driven songcraft with irruptions of grating digital noise.
Haunting, beautiful, despondent, but also a little too short. I would've liked like 5 more songs, the brevity just works against it in the long run.
An evocative and chilling record from the Austrian song/writer. The album is seep with soothing piano playing with touches of electronics and industrial layered in the mix.
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