Holy Fawn - Death Spells (2018) EN

The second album from Holy Fawn not only is another shoegaze gem coming from United States, it's also everything shoegaze should be - the perfect combination of noise and melody. "Death Spells" is a serious candidate for the best album of the genre in 2018.

"Indie, Acid, Mellow, Heavy, Animals, Nature, Dreams, Taste of Moss, Bury Yourself Alive" this is the band's motto and this organic spirit can be found in every moment of this fantastic album. The Arizona-based musicians combine in their music the density of the best shoegaze, expressiveness and always-changing-nature of metal and long-distanced compositions together with the falsetto of the vocalist that come straight from Tame Impala's works ("Dark Stone"!).  A huge thing is how the guitars function here, besides working as the traditional, relatively peaceful background for the airy vocals, they are able to explode frantically as deafening noise that changes the pace so well.

Another characteristic would be Ryan Osterman's vocal, when necessary, it is very airy but doesn't hesitate to go to really crazy places: both high-pitched singing from psychedelia and angry screaming that would well fit metal and hardcore works. The album begins with a series of earthquakes in "Dark Stone" and "Arrows" after which it slowly gets quieter, especially in the ballad "Seer"and interludium "Two Waves". The second part of the album is devoted to more oneiric sounds, but still with a dose of craziness, especially in the finishing track "Sleep Tongue".

"Death Spells" costs 10 USD.

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