Ceremony

Ceremony is certainly an apt title for Anna von Hausswolff‘s latest record. Mostly composed on an organ and charging through the earthly spirituality of a Paganism underscored by a sort of contorted religiosity, the album, out on City Slang Monday, June 17, is a compositional epic wrought with emotion. Hence, the dark liturgy of human sacrifice in this near-nine minute video of ‘Deathbed’, created by sister and fellow performer and visual artist, Maria von Hausswolff, and featuring all manner of natural scenery, blood and insides. It’s a primal expression of an artist that echoes the raw heresy of PJ Harvey and romanticism of Anna Calvi. See the video below and stream the album here. **