Chelsea Wolfe - Birth of Violence

Chelsea Wolfe
Birth of Violence
Sargent House 217IE - re-issue LP 

There is a core element to Chelsea Wolfe’s music—a kind of urgent spin on America’s desolation blues—that’s existed throughout the entirety of her career. Wolfe has always been a conduit for a powerful energy, and while she has demonstrated a capacity to channel that somber beauty into a variety of forms, her gift as a songwriter is never more apparent than when she strips her songs down to a few key components. As a result, her solemn majesty and ominous elegance are more potent than ever on Birth of Violence. The songs stem from humble beginnings—little more than Wolfe’s voice and her Taylor acoustic guitar. Her longtime musical collaborator Ben Chisholm recorded the songs in their own studio and helped fill them out with his modern production treatments and auxiliary flourishes from ongoing contributors Jess Gowrie (drums) and Ezra Buchla (viola). Every Chelsea Wolfe album introduces new unorthodox textures and approaches, and the trajectory of her creative arc has generally aimed for larger and more imposing sounds, but Birth of Violence deliberately alters that course in favor of a more intimate atmosphere. The result yields Wolfe’s most devastating work to date.

     Contains:
The Mother Road 
American Darkness 
Birth of Violence
Deranged for Rock & Roll 
Be All Things 
Erde
When Anger Turns to Honey 
Dirt Universe 
Little Grave 
Preface to a Dream Plan 
Highway

NEW SEALED re-issue LP in a gatefold jacket