Chelsea Wolfe

No individual thread, I think? Anyway, just announced her new album later this year, Abyss

https://twitter.com/CCHELSEAWWOLFE/status/553230590170779648

Great news.

she's great! her debut was reissued on vinyl just a few weeks ago too.

Album trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=I6aFXD-EIVU

Sounds great.

fuck

gf is super into her. Definitely becoming a fan. Wish she would tour more!

new album is really good

not sure if I slept on her old stuff or if this is much more to my taste (wrt the psych doom guitars especially), or somewhere between those two possibilities

this and the last album are a cut above the earlier ones to me.

abyss is sounding like a heavier burn your fire for no witness

And it's streaming:

http://www.npr.org/2015/07/29/425892446/first-listen-chelsea-wolfe-abyss

was listening to that earlier until it crashed on me - what i heard sounded great

This is the best album ever

I have seen some inklings of metal press on this album - Terrorizer gave it a good review and Lars Gotrich - who penned the article in the streaming link Ned posted above - is NPR's metal dude and he mentioned that those of us in league would enjoy it.

I think it's great! And metal... But sometimes my metal definition is more hyper-inclusive than might be helpful to others.

This album is wonderful

Interviewing her soon -- she specifically prefers email interviews, an interesting but understandable choice.

I'm hearing AR Kane and Heather Nova as much as I am Sunn O))) and Angel Olson in this. I love the way this album sounds so engulfingly massive but also so stark and isolated.

After one day listening to it it's already in consideration for my favourite of the year. It's like the Marriages album from a few months back but just a little bit more.

First album Heather Nova I assume.

And hey! Here's my interview with her!

http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Singer-Chelsea-Wolfe-finding-a-better-place-6498649.php

Chelsea Wolfe is one of the few artists who seems to get better with each album. "Abyss" is her masterwork - it may be heavier and more dense with sonic details than other releases, but she still retains her penchant of fluctuating from serene vocals to grief stricken screams . She doesn't forget what draws her fans to her work while still pushing her sound forward.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OexeAtxr24E

new song is terrific

A+

underrated artist on ILX

"Offering" is gorgeous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgtqQ7P3PyA

Interviewed her earlier this week for the second time -- great, thoughtful chat. Story to run at NPR next month.

I really like the new album but I don't think it's as good as the last. It veers a little towards Evanescence territory.

Abyss is hard to beat. I find it funny that people speculate that this will be her first straight doom metal album. She always has softer songs, she's not the type of artist to jump on one genre

Yeah, straight doom metal this isn't. But it's not Evanescence either!

Don't really hear the Evanescence...

new album is really great, about as heavy as Abyss with seemingly less gentle moments but the electronics are integrated more seamlessly this time.

Chelsea's vocal hooks are really melodic on this too, she's truly one of the best and most consistent songwriters today.

The new LP just arrived today and It's excellent.

It's bloody amazing imo, like instant EOY list material

yeah it's great. this and the new zola jesus = all the goth love I need for the fall

Today I have definitely heard my first and second fave albums of the year so far.

this and Zola Jesus and King Woman

I have never heard any Zola Jesus or King Woman. Maybe I should?

Last week I got the Myrkur album and Chelsea Wolfe is on that. It's a really good album too.

I have never heard any Zola Jesus or King Woman. Maybe I should?

Yes you should.

top 5 of year for sure for me

Should add: story with her still in the works but planned to appear next month instead.

Re: ZJ, just start with the current bassy Okovi or the early muddy EPs like Stridulum and Valusia. Consensus seems to be the Foetus arranged string Versions and the more poppy Taiga were missteps, with Okovi being a return to form.

Shall do San!

this is good!! some sick guitar tone, the phazed out distortion on 16 psyche and vex in particular

Damn, just discovering her/this record. So good!

yeah she's playing halloween here, stoked

Saw her live last week and it was wonderful. Hiss Spun is my favourite of her records so far. As much as I love the others, they strike me as hit or miss, Abyss included.

Hiss Spun feels like she nailed the aesthetic she was chasing with Abyss and EPs like prayer for the unborn

New album, Birth of Violence, out in September. First single, 'The Mother Road', is already available on Spotify and Apple Music.

Looks like the emphasis will fall on dark folk. Those Jonny Greenwood-esque strings and the climactic outro are wonderful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9s11MlRWVM

doomy, 'down by the river' vibes.

Well, this is wonderful. Not that I was expecting anything else.

For some strange reason the reception to this very good album has been very low key and no buzz anywhere.

I can see why the more metal press aren't covering it as much but I thought the traditional media might have.

Did it get a pitchfork review?

The second half sags a wee bit and overall it's not as impressive as Hiss Spun (my favourite of her albums). None of which explains the neglect – there are some incredible songs in there, starting with the obvious singles ('The Mother Road' and 'Deranged for Rock & Roll'). I'm a fanboy so make of this what you will but it'll certainly make my EOY list.

I've been listening to Chelsea Wolfe a lot lately, particularly during my long covid-19 lockdown walks. I'm constantly floored by how simple her songs are - two or three common chords - and so beautiful. Great song writing.

I had no idea that she'd teamed up with Jess Gowrie (who played drums on Birth of Violence) to drop an album tomorrow under the guise of... Mrs. Piss. Looking forward to it:

https://mrspiss.bandcamp.com/album/self-surgery

This is pretty great, unexpectedly Kim Gordon-esque here and there, sometimes more punkish than doomish, although the latter is unsurprisingly predominant. The industrial underpinnings are a nice touch and hearken back to Abyss. Gowrie's drumming is typically excellent. I just wish it were longer – it feels like an EP.

I'm not normally a huge fan of hers, but this is great! Reminds me a little of the first Savages, but a lot messier.

Emma Ruth Rundle collab:

https://chelseawolfe.bandcamp.com/track/anhedonia-feat-emma-ruth-rundle

Full album of this plz.

has this happened before and if not how not

Not to my knowledge, no.

They were supposed to tour Australia and NZ together last year. Hopefully a sign of more things to come.

She's on the new Xiu Xiu as well (along with Haley Fohr, Liz Harris, Owen Pallet, Alice Bag).

Chelsea Wolfe helps Stewart turn The Cure’s “One Hundred Years,” a favorite of his since high school, into pulsating industrial music that radiates intensity.

I am 100% here for Chelsea Wolfe and Emma Ruth Rundle

not so much for Chelsea Wolfe and Xiu Xiu

Same. I don't get Xiu Xiu at all.

Thirding that.

Love her covers, and this one is no exception:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9AJrWqhlPM

the stuff from the new album giving me flashbacks to Lamb and Curve! in a good way. maybe i'm due for a 21st century trip hop phase. she really is perfect for someone who needs a more goth lana del rey in their life.

the ebm vibe is strong on the new stuff too. you could remix it all really well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4KJRuADHQE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am-ABKqCuKU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0o2GraeMlo

Thanks for this. I'd no idea she had a new album out.

Not actually out for a few more weeks, (Feb 9, iirc), but definitely looking forward to it.

My LP hasn't arrived yet and I might wait for it to come to listen for the first time rather than stream it, but has anyone heard it yet?

its of a piece with the tracks that have come out already. dark. clanking. beats. moody. industrial.

I gave in and put it on, its sounding really great. Pretty much the album I was hoping for (and thankfully sounds nothing like Lamb - which had me worried)

sorry, i didn't mean to scare you. it was just reminding me of that era in some ways. i am actually not a Lamb expert. but i think they got doomy on occasion.

I think the fact you said it had that kinda doomy industrial meets curve vibe was enough to make me think nah it wont be like Lamb. Lamb were one of my pet hates along with Moloko that put me off the whole trip-hop thing back in the day.

It seems like a natural follow up/progression to her more doom records of a few years ago.

Goddamn, this is so good. This might be my favorite album of hers yet.