Think we’ll sneak these in quickly while we wait for the steroid script to kick in, ‘these’ll give you a bit of pepping up’ said the GP, ahem, still waiting. New groove from the Cruel Nature imprint, as ever limited in nature, just 75 of these all pressed on cassette and probably destined for a quick sell out. This be Nathalie Stern with ‘Nerves and Skin’ from off which we’ve more than mildly smitten (on initial quick listening) with both ‘Spectre’ and the pursuing ‘Stig in Lucia’. The former a shadowy spectral visitation part haunted part hymnal, a primitive spellweaver sounding much like a fabled siren drawing close all who hear her bewitching love call. The latter, chamber electronics of a clearly classic and becoming 4AD / Mute variety that’s very much turned and tuned into the mystical and ethereal worlds of Dead Can Dance, Nina Hagen and a youthful Fever Ray albeit as though channelling Nico.
https://cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/nerves-and-skin
the sunday experience 