Icelandic post-punk. It's like Fever Ray singing over Joy Division songs played by members of the Human League and the Silicon Teens. And fuck me it's ace.
You sold me on it. Trying it now and adoring it. Thanks Jim. ^_^
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"The sound of misery, loneliness, isolation, and dread recorded in what feels like a frozen forest as the sun seems absent completely from your gaze. This is the record of winter and all of that she evokes. If that opener is a bit hammy for you I understand, but itโs something that I think is befitting to describe what The Mantle is and it is this sort of spooky dark record that is as wonderful as it is harrowing. To think that all of the experimentation Agalloch does on this record works as well as it does is something pretty amazingโ this is a band that brings together the harshness of black metal, the droning gloom of doom metal, the movements of progressive metal, the haunting beauty of neofolk, and the textures of post-rock to create something that I could only describe as perfect. For all of those people unaccustomed to harsh vocals that this record supplies then it certainly creates a challenging listen, but if you think about the desperate emotion that ranges from rage to misery it becomes all very vital to the album and to suggest they donโt is a fit of ignorance and selfishness.
For me this is the epitome of, as I mentioned before, all of the depression and desolation and misery that comes with the beckoning call of winter."
Nothing quite as relaxing after a bit of strain as The Mantle for me...
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