Wife - Stoic

This isn't brand new anymore, but couldn't find a topic on it, so thought I'd give a heads up to those of you who haven't heard it. I got it a few months ago but don't think I listened to it then. Found it again now that I bought the new Altar Of Plagues album and suddenly remembered it. Wife is the solo project of the writer/singer in that band, but quite different from the black metal he usually makes. Really enjoying the EP, and hope there is more to come!

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Boomcat Review:

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'Stoic' is the hyped debut from multi-instrumentalist James Kelly, issued by the heads at Left Blank. A background as the sole permanent member and writer behind Irish black metal moniker Altar Of Plagues is ostensibly at stark odds with the sounds inside, but peer beyond the skin or t-shirt logos and there's a clear emotional connection between his metal roots and his taste for emosh pop music, one which has played him straight into Tri Angle's schedule for a debut album in 2013. But, here and now, 'Stoic''s biggest tune, the tenderised pressure of Burial-esque woodblock rhythm and opulent anguish, 'Bodies' has already racked up 30,000 hits on youtube in the last fortnight and rightfully claimed fans from Indigo to Mary Anne Hobbs. Cut deeper still and you find the carmine bass ooze and Massive Attack-ed atmospheres of 'Trials' and vibes strongly reminding of Daniel O'Sullivan's Miracle project on 'Circles' or again with the subterranean 'Untrue'-like appeal of his emotionally wrought closer 'Endings'.

 

this ep is sexy. great sampling of all neon like in the last track.