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This is thoroughly traumatizing noise horror, and even with Halloween still a month off, it's hard to imagine a more terrifying album to come this year.
76
In the past, her work leaned more toward chaos, which often served her well, especially in her sense-assaulting live performances. But it's even stronger when she tightens the reins on her sound. The Drought is compelling because Hoffmeier is so clearly in charge.
72
Frederikke Hoffmeier’s voice is the thread that holds together her apocalyptic mood pieces, a cinematic take on noise that’s driven by dead-eyed focus.
NO DON'T BITE THE JIZZ APPLE NOOOOOOOOO
the noises and sounds were really interesting but it came off a bit goofy at points, especially during the spoken word parts
Less than a year ago, I stayed back from any kind of noise "music" because.... It's just noise after all, right? Well, what I didn't consider is how this type of sound can be used for different things, creating subgenres such as death industrial, which usually focuses on dark ambience, and here, on The Drought, the atmosphere is nauseating and disturbed, sounding almost other-wordly at times, taken directly from the most unknown and deepest pits you could ever wish to imagine. It's ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Dissolve 2:30 | 100 |
| 2 | A Feast Before the Drought 6:44 | 100 |
| 3 | To Possess Is to Be in Control 5:31 | 100 |
| 4 | Fragments of a Lily 4:21 | 100 |
| 5 | Red Desert 3:23 | 100 |
| 6 | Coagulate 2:55 | 100 |
| 7 | The Size of Our Desires 7:21 | 100 |
| 8 | The Transformation 6:47 | 100 |
| 9 | Slouching Uphill 4:41 | 100 |
Total Length: 44 minutes
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7mo
obsessed with this record rn. most definitely noise/industrial but also very colorful, accessible, and memorable with ever being grating
Added on: August 9, 2018