Copenhagen-based composer Astrid Sonne’s background as a classical violist brings a somberness to her electronic work. On, Sonne blurs the lines between artificial and organic sound, taking a baroque approach to drone where synth lines and gritty plucked strings soar like a fine-tuned mechanical bird. The most striking moment on, though, is the sudden a cappella thrust of “Fields of Grass,” just after the dissolution of a frantic arpeggio on “Mirror Behaviour.
After being harassed out of the industry, Toronto duo Black Dresses returned with a surprise album, saying, “we’re no longer a band … regardless, we’ve decided to keep putting out music.” Whether intentionally cryptic or not, it’s impossible to discern ifwas recorded pre- or post-breakup—an ambiguity that somehow emboldens the nihilistic positivity the record exudes.
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