The Spoils

Electronic · 2009 · 15 tracks · 50m

The Spoils

A winter-locked debut of operatic power buried under layers of lo-fi hiss. Cold, cavernous, and intensely private electronic gloom from the Wisconsin woods.

It's like an opera singer performing in a haunted basement during a blizzard.

A cold, isolating darkness that finds a strange, powerful warmth through vocal catharsis.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks · 50m

01

Six Feet (From My Baby)

4:15

02

Crowns

2:54

03

Sinfonia and the Shrew

2:07

04

Sink the Dynasty

3:20

05

Devil Take You

3:52

06

Lullaby in Tongues

1:15

07

Smirenye

3:48

08

Clay Bodies

4:55

09

In Hiding From the Crow

2:00

10

Tell It to the Willow

4:35

11

Soeur Sewer

3:55

12

Odessa

3:53

13

Poor Sons

1:48

14

The Way

3:41

15

Dog

4:12

Moments Worth Waiting For

the way her voice suddenly pierces through the thick layer of synth grime on Clay Bodies

the skeletal drum machine pattern that feels like a failing heartbeat on Six Feet

the transition into the more aggressive and dirty textures of the bonus tracks like Soeur Sewer

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