Ceremony, by Anna von Hausswolff

Ceremony

by Anna von Hausswolff

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𝔩𝔬𝔲𝔡-𝔮𝔲𝔦𝔢𝔱-𝔩𝔬𝔲𝔡 𝓐t once funereal and sanguine, agonizingly heavy yet mercifully delicate. A lonesome twinflower upon the tundra, sown by a singular talent. Favorite track: Liturgy Of Light.

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1.	Epitaph Of Theodor 05:25	buy track
2.	Deathbed 08:38	buy track
3.	Mountains Crave 03:35	buy track
4.	Goodbye 06:16	buy track
5.	Red Sun 03:17	buy track
6.	Epitaph Of Daniel 03:10	buy track
7.	No Body 02:33	buy track
8.	Liturgy Of Light 05:01	buy track
9.	Harmonica 04:22	buy track
10.	Ocean 05:44	buy track
11.	Sova 03:24	buy track
12.	Funeral For My Future Children 04:42	buy track
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It begins with the sound of a church organ, an arpeggio played on the lower notes, a melody teased out in the higher register, before a snare drum beats out an ominous, stuttering tattoo. Three minutes in, guitars begin to rumble like clouds gathering on the horizon, the melody slowly swelling, threatening to tear the sky apart. This is Anna von Hausswolff’s ‘Epitaph Of Theodor’, and as dramatic, instrumental openings to albums go, it’s close to overwhelming. But it’s followed by something even more intense: ‘Deathbed’, which growls and resonates sinisterly before shards of metallic thunder shatter the drones and a funereal beat forces the song to lurch forward. Only after some four and a half minutes of this ferocious clamour do we hear a human voice, and it’s unleashed with a fierce power, rising and swooping, a vast bird pursuing its prey until the song reaches its final, unexpectedly triumphant climax.

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released July 18, 2012

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