"For the last decade, Von Hauswolff has dealt in music that is solemn, echo-laden, heavy on the drone of her beloved pipe organ and fully deserving of the adjective gothic. The artwork for Iconoclasts. Her work has elicited comparisons to Nico and Diamanda Galas; 40 years ago, it might have been packaged in a hauntingly abstract Vaughan Oliver sleeve and released on 4AD."
"Her last album, 2020's All Thoughts Fly, was a collection of instrumentals, recorded on a replica of a 17th-century German baroque organ in a church in Gothenburg: you can perhaps get some idea of its emotional tone from the fact that it was released on a label best known for releasing doom metal. One blogger called her the high priestess of satanic harmonies, a description that caused her trouble."
"Yet the description of Iconoclasts as pop fits, albeit with caveats. It's far more straightforwardly melodic than her previous work, and it is no stretch to imagine the most straightforward track, the ballad Aging Young Women (a duet with Ethel Cain), on the radio or in the charts: it sounds a little like Lana Del Rey, had Del Rey somehow contrived to end up at the bottom of a well."
Anna von Hausswolff's music over the last decade has been solemn, echo-laden, drone-heavy, centered on pipe organ and often described as gothic. She has drawn comparisons to Nico and Diamanda Galás and collaborated with Swans, Sunn O))) and Wolves in the Throne Room. The 2020 album All Thoughts Fly featured instrumental recordings on a replica 17th-century German baroque organ in a Gothenburg church and was released on a label associated with doom metal. Fundamentalist Catholic protests led to cancellations of some church shows after a blogger labeled her a "high priestess of satanic harmonies." Iconoclasts is more melodic and pop-informed, featuring duets with Ethel Cain and Iggy Pop and contributions from saxophonist Otis Sandsjö.
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