Consummation is a bold step forward and confirmation that Katie von Schleicher has a great deal to offer and should be creating satisfying music for a long time to come.
The Brooklyn artist plumbs darker depths than before, offsetting her stark lyrics with bright, jangling melodies in the search for inner-peace.
The dark take on pop music means her songs dig deep on this intriguing, and at times, strange adventure, and Katie Von Schleicher’s latest project is more complex than anything she has released before.
With virtuosic arrangements and cavernous production flourishes, the Brooklyn songwriter’s second full-length is an ambitious record that miraculously does not feel like it’s taking on too much.
Channelling Cate Le Bon in its more melodic, piano-led moments and Aldous Harding in its evasive turns, Consummation is a patchwork of conflicting stances and miscommunications.
each synth, second, and sound serve a premeditated constructIon; i love everything. katie von schleicher softly presents intimacy in a brutally honest fashion.
katie sounds like a dreamy version of angel olsen. both have a distinct edge: an edginess that simultaneously renders and empowers.
after an impressive start (“you remind me”), the album begins to peak during “caged sleep”, and the momentum continues through every track thereafter
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It treads that fine line between standard folk pop and deconstructed, haunting pop with devastating affect. Didn't expect much coming into this one, so I'm pleasantly surprised.
New York-based artist newest effort brings on the good in chamber pop and laced with her own distinct individuality, coupled with sparse lyricism and jangly melodies, up par to her 2017’s Shitty Hits. She distinctly reminds me of her contemporaries, highly of Aldous Harding or Angel Olsen with her inspiration towards fractured relationships. This is a good one.
1 | You Remind Me 2:55 | |
2 | Wheel 2:15 | |
3 | Nowhere 3:39 | |
4 | Caged Sheep 3:04 | |
5 | Messenger 2:35 | |
6 | Loud 3:17 | |
7 | Strangest Thing 1:19 | |
8 | Can You Help? 2:00 | |
9 | Brutality 3:05 | |
10 | Hammer 2:35 | |
11 | Power 4:28 | |
12 | Gross 3:30 | |
13 | Nothing Lasts 3:03 |