Hilary Woods - Colt (Sacred Bones) 2018
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Hilary Woods debut album is a masterpiece in every sense of the word. Delicate and fascinatingly fragmented, rich with ghost-sounding melodies and boldly intensity, Colt’s minimalist approach takes us to that dreamy atmospheres that defined the Twin Peaks score.
Somewhere between Julee Cruise’s poignant voice, Emma Ruth Rundle’s immersive approach, Cocteau Twins’ ethereal sound and Angelo Badalamenti weird and twisted modern ambiences, Colt cinematic and multi layered instrumentation is the perfect match to the album’s dark and wonderfully slow mood.
Written and recorded at home in Dublin and was mixed by and co-produced with James Kelly (WIFE, Altar of Plagues) in Berlin in the winter of 2017, Colt, Hilary Woods debut album is an emotionally intense and personal journey that sounds bleak and beautifully haunting.