AILEEN ILL ONLY SAY THIS ONCE
I AM THE BEST FRIEND
YOULL EVER HAVE
ALL THIS
ALL THIS
IS MEANINGLESS
WITHOUT ME
SO WILL YOU JOIN ME
WILL YOU JOIN ME
IF YOU LAY YOUR LIFE DOWN
NO MAN CAN TAKE IT
WILL YOU JOIN ME
WILL YOU JOIN ME
ABANDON YOUR BODY
SO NO MAN CAN BREAK IT
AILEEN ILL ONLY SAY THIS ONCE
LIFE IS CRUEL
AND TIME HEALS NOTHING
AND EVERYONE YOU LOVE WILL LEAVE YOU
BUT NOT ME
SO WILL YOU JOIN ME
WILL YOU JOIN ME
IF YOU LAY YOUR LIFE DOWN
NO MAN CAN TAKE IT
WILL YOU JOIN ME
WILL YOU JOIN ME
MAKE WORTHLESS YOUR BODY
SO NO MAN CAN BREAK IT
HUMBLE YOURSELF
IF THE POISON WONT TAKE YOU
MY DOGS WILL
UNBURDEN YOURSELF
NO SHADOW
WILL DARKEN YOUR DOOR
LIKE MINE WILL
Thou and Emma Ruth Rundle are not playing opposites, nor even allies on this record. They are constantly swapping roles and spotlights. At times, Rundle leads while Thou backs. At others, Thou is center stage. It's a magnificent, ego-less union. felixwav
This album gurns and churns with the dense, atmospheric power of an angel wrestling the forces of hell.
Wolfe's voice is an ethereal swirl, but it can cut like a blade. Her guitar, meanwhile, is a reaper's scythe, and with it, she flails like a Balrog summoned deep and raging from the bowels of Middle Earth.
It's an album of dreams and nightmares, a sludge-gaze torrent of painful questions hurled into the void.
A brave, bold and empowering listen. Michael Mueller
Spanish composer and producer Giulia Venerandi conjures shadowy, spellbinding sounds at the intersection of dark ambient and dub. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 2, 2021