Blog: New Music Nation

Note: The Hazards of Love is a concept album—a 17-track song cycle with recurring musical and lyrical themes and a narrative thread from start to finish. Using ancient language it tells the mythical tale of a woman violated by a shape-shifting animal, her lover, a murderer and a fearsome queen. Sound: Vintage British folk, chamber-like indie pop, hard-chugging rock and sludgy heavy metal collide as one style gracefully segues into the next and recurs throughout...