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01. DEATH AND THE MAIDEN  - Wisteria
02. DEATH AND THE MAIDEN  - Hourglass
03. DEATH AND THE MAIDEN  - Speed Of Sound
04. DEATH AND THE MAIDEN  - Oooh Baby In The Chorus
05. DEATH AND THE MAIDEN  - River Underground
06. DEATH AND THE MAIDEN  - Duchess
07. DEATH AND THE MAIDEN  - Shadows
08. DEATH AND THE MAIDEN  - Mercury
09. DEATH AND THE MAIDEN  - Everything Is Stressful
ARTIST
TITLE
Wisteria
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
JANUS7E 2054CD JANUS7E 2054CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
6/1/2018

Dunedin trio Death And The Maiden return with a second album of hypnotic post-punk dream-pop. Wisteria continues the exploration of the dark bounds between love and death, beauty and decay unveiled on the band's debut (2015). Although the BPM of their shadowy sound world may have increased, the new album seems even more somber than its predecessor, with a deeper undertow of anxiety beneath the slow-motion trance pop. The songs on Wisteria are still anchored by Lucinda King's hypnotic basslines, as her vocals deliver lyrics exploring human experience within natural and unnatural worlds, but this time Hope Robertson's delay and reverb-drenched guitars break free, soaring above the decelerated, minimalist techno sounds of Danny Brady's electronic instrumentation and programmed beats, at times hinting at psychedelic surf music exotica. This unusual combination of techno, post-punk, psychedelia and dream-pop makes the new album from Death And The Maiden another beguiling proposition to explore.