![]() ![]() The appeal of these 10 songs is fairly consistent, channeling the experimental gothic folk of David Tibet’s work in Current 93. ![]() An overcast atmosphere too oppressive to ignore, but on such a scale that one can’t help basking in it. Like a novel chronicling a rise from the rubble immediately following some catastrophic event, the batch of tracks Dark Star Safari has cooked up indulge in the spectacle of a turmoil that no one enjoys, but everyone is morbidly fascinated by. From the opening moments of “Patria,” the stage is set: a reversed bass track, faintly moaning distortion, and vocalist Jan Bang crooning “ This was a perfect place/ ‘Til we lost our way” all evoke the sense that something isn’t right. How could something so cold and atmospheric also hook you so instantaneously? Counterintuitive as it may sound, Dark Star Safari’s sophomore album Walk Through Lightly does just that. ![]()
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