Band: Chelsea Wolfe
Album: Pain is Beauty
Best song: “Ancestors, the Ancients”
Worst song: “The Waves Have Come”

I’ve mentioned this a billion times before, but I am not a person who cares particularly about lyrics. Certainly in comparison to vocal timber/strength/tone, I find the lyrics to solely give a vocalist a route to vocalize notes. This comes out in bands like the Sea and Cake, wherein the lyrics are immaterial to the sound or in artists like Cat Power, where I truly believe Chan Marshall could sing a grocery list and I’d love it. Continue reading →