WOLFE, Chelsea - The Dark - GREEN VINYL LP + SIGNED INSERT

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Chelsea WOLFE

The Dark

Loma Vista US

limited translucent dark green vinyl LP + signed insert (indie exclusive) Cat: 888072 813212
Rel: 28 Sep 26
Post Rock/Experimental Side 1 - Track 1. Cold Side 1 - Track 2. Seethe Side 1 - Track 3. Humours Side 1 - Track 4. Swallower Side 1 - Track 5. Halo Side 2 - Track 1. The Dark Side 2 - Track 2. Turn The Key Side 2 - Track 3. I'm Not There Side 2 - Track 4. Death Is Not The End Side 2 - Track 5. Dancer In The Sky

Over the course of her career, American singer-songwriter Chelsea Wolfe has seemingly preferred to lurk in the shadows like some kind of gothic spirit. Her music has drifted across genre boundaries with the ease of a restless spirit, and this has seen her take elements from electronica, folk, goth, doom, drone and black metal.
With her ninth album, Wolfe has enlisted the help of producer/songwriter Jennifer Decilveo, who has worked with Miley Cyrus, Beth Ditto and The Strokes, amongst others. The result is an album that has an undeniable pop sensibility. However, long-term fans should not be quaking in their boots. Wolfe's commitment to the dark is still in evidence, and not just in terms of the album's title. Admittedly, there is little, if any, drone or black metal in evidence, but the atmospherics that colour the likes of 'Humours' and the anthemic rock of 'Seethe' are the aural equivalent of Black No. 1. The acoustic strum of 'Cold', which opens the album, finds Wolfe self-evaluating, letting past relationships go and making hard decisions in order to move on, no matter how hard. Earlier in her career, such introspection might have been brutal and awkward, but while there's still a chill here that conjures sadness and loneliness, there's also a strident pulse that evokes positivity and determination in the face of emotional turmoil. This embracing of the dark while finding a guiding light is all over the album, most notably on the gentle folk of the title track, which, rather than staring into the void, finds love glowing in the gloom.
The Dark finds Wolfe in assured and passionate form. It's her most accessible and mature work to date, and it not only packs an emotional punch, but offers a helping hand when the gloom of life seems to be enveloping everything.

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