
this is a strange one. in that it's probably the most straightforwardly listenable of her aural offerings yet musically it drifts unexpectedly, ebbs sensually and flows unstructured and vaguely out of focus. none of this meant in the pejorative y'understand. it hangs together dreamlike and ephemeral. each song connected, yet not. michael gira alludes to disney in the release notes and i can kindof see where he's coming from. but it strikes me more like jean cocteau's la belle et la bête. it has that creepy oddness, that beauty, and all it's magical melancholy that her albums [...]