Past Life Martyred Saints

Experimental · 2011 · 9 tracks · 37m

Past Life Martyred Saints

A devastating fusion of raw singer-songwriter intimacy and harsh noise rock. Erika M. Anderson turns personal trauma into towering, distorted monuments.

April 16, 2011 · Souterrain Transmissions

A devastatingly raw and confrontational reckoning with past trauma, wrapped in beautiful, distorted noise.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks · 37m

01

The Grey Ship

7:15

02

California

4:35

03

Anteroom

3:19

04

Milkman

3:21

05

Coda

1:01

06

Marked

4:21

07

Breakfast

3:22

08

Butterfly Knife

3:53

09

Red Star

6:36

Moments Worth Listening For

The transition in The Grey Ship where the quiet, sea-shanty acoustic folk collapses into a massive wall of distorted, feedback-laden electric guitar drone.

The chilling, deadpan spoken delivery on California that suddenly erupts into a desperate, soaring vocal release.

The claustrophobic, rhythmic scraping sound on Marked that mimics the physical act of self-harm under a blanket of warm synth hiss.

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