Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun [2LP/ Ltd Ed Cloudy Red & Clear Vinyl/ Indie Exclusive]

While past albums operated on the intimacy of stripped-down folk music (The Grime and the Glow, Unknown Rooms), or the throbbing pulse of supplemental electronics (Pain Is Beauty, Abyss), Chelsea Wolfe's sixth official album Hiss Spun wrings its exquisiteness out of a palette of groaning bass, pounding drums, and crunching distortion. Recorded by Kurt Ballou (Converge), the album was conceived as an emotional purge, a means of coming to terms with the tumult of the outside world by exploring the complexities of one's inner unrest. "I'm at odds with myself," she explains. "I got tired of trying to disappear. The record became very personal in that way. I wanted to open up more, but also create my own reality." Hiss Spun features contributions by Aaron Turner (Old Man Gloom, SUMAC) and Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens of the Stone Age, Failure).

A1        Spun
A2        16 Psyche
A3        Vex
A4        Strain

B1        The Culling
B2        Particle Flux
B3        Twin Fawn
B4        Offering

C1        Static Hum
C2        Welt
C3        Two Spirit
C4        Scrape