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Thus:Owls – The Queen Of Fragile Hearts
First drama-loaded album from Swedish quintet Thus:Owls, Cardiac Malformations is a masterly directed, dark and poignant, sad yet heart-warming pop record.

The velvet curtain slowly unfolds. Still in a vast desertic plain stands the dark tent of a macabre circus. Swedish ringmistress Erika Alexandersson has convoked her gifted troupe, while the demons of Danny Elfman and Sufjan Stevens glide and twirl in the distance. The bluesy guitar of ... read more

Ben Frost Grabs You “By The Throat”

An Australian-born producer and founding member of the Icelandic label Bedroom Community along with Nico Muhly and Valgeir Sigurðsson, Ben Frost releases his 4th full length, “By The Throat”.

The follower to 2007’s “Theory of Machines” features performances by musicians as diverse as Amiina, The Arcade Fire’s drummer Jeremy Gara, Swedish grindcore band Crowpath, and label mate and hip composer Nico Muhly, ... read more

Released on Constellation, Crease is the debut album by Kee Avil, a project led by Montréal producer and guitarist Vicky Mettler. Her lo-fi experimentations form intimate pieces, dark but light. Mixed with low growls and whispers, drones, hissing, scratching, stumbling and pounding, the guitar work draws from post-punk and post-rock, and feels like unsettling caresses.

RIYL Laurie Anderson, Powerdove, Pan Daijing, early Jenny Hval, late Scott Walker, Gastr del Sol, Jockstrap, Smerz, ... read more

★★★★★ TOP ALBUMS OF 2022 - #1 ★★★★★

On the 6th solo studio album under her name, Norwegian artist, singer-songwriter and author Jenny Hval wraps her feminist and existential poetry in her most straightforward pop arrangements yet. Backed with a full band, she delivers her most accessible record, highly addictive, and my favorite album of 2022!

~ My homemade cover of the album cover: https://www.instagram.com/p/CpqhxWvM89s/