Wormwood – Å [EP]
Over a decade and four albums into its career, Sweden’s WORMWOOD knows what it is and what it is not. This doesn’t at all prevent the band from stretching itself, as in the newest EP, Å. ‘Yra|Extas’ ignites at the start, and possibly too quickly moves to a mid-paced yet robust and cinematic pattern, and we’re in and on the journey. A languid, understated jazz influence arrives, in no rush, slowly building back to boisterous and highly tuneful blackness. Lastly, ‘Purposeless Geometry’ delves into certain ULVER in its use of electronics, but with guitars reeking of such melody even the […]