Photo Credit: Gianluca Grasselli The timing almost seems deliberate. Earlier today I was immersing myself in Sunn O)))'s recent live release, Metta, Benevolence BBC 6Music : Live on the Invitation of Mary Anne Hobbs , (Fanboy note: I have a transparent blue edition pre-ordered), which features the vocal talents of Anna von Hausswolff. And then it was announced that von Hausswolff is also releasing a live album, Live at Montreux Jazz Festival (2018) , which is scheduled to release January 14th, 2022 via Southern Lord.  I've listened to "The Truth, The Glow, The Fall (Live)" maybe five times this afternoon. Culled from von Hausswolff's 2018 release, Dead Magic , in spite of how I interpret this track, it sounds triumphant in this live setting, the pipe organ's long association with religious ceremony enhancing the scale of this project. I'm sure this performance was an absolute treat to witness. That said, it's thankfully been captured on wax for all to ...

A new single from Anna von Hausswolff surfaced today, announcing her upcoming new LP, All Thoughts Fly . Following the heavily arranged intensity of her 2018 release, Dead Magic , "Sacro Bosco" (which translates to "Sacred Grove") could suggest that this new release may provide more of a meditative, if not eerie or immersive, listen. But, that could change as more becomes known about this album, which is scheduled to release on 9/25 via Southern Lord Recordings .  All Thoughts Fly was built entirely from compositions performed on the pipe organ, which brings to mind Aine O'Dwyer 's 2012 release, Music For Church Cleaners .  While O'Dwyer's after-hours interactions with the instrument also relied upon the realtime and almost episodic goings on that occurred around her as she performed, von Hausswolff is treating this release as purely solo: single instrument; single presence. "Sacro Bosco" is cavernous, the breath of its machinery aud...