ESBEN AND THE WITCH - Nowhere LP (colour vinyl)

Limited edition white vinyl.

Berlin/UK-based three-piece deliver their fifth album, full of haunting, tranquil passages, a primal fierceness expressed in punk-influenced, distorted riffs and the alluring voice of vocalist Rachel Davies, the extremities of beauty, noise and power have never matched so well before.

They don't seem to change much on their formula since A New Nature. This is mostly that same dark, droney post-rock they find themselves comfortable with. It has a tribal, elemental power that probably can't be fully caught at a studio recording. One could be fascinated by the doom, the nihil, the darkness they create with these albums, they're very inspiring.

RIYL: SUBROSA, CHELSEA WOLFE, JEX THOTH, SWANS, SOLSTAFIR