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Skullcrusher EP (Clear Vinyl) Vinyl 12"

Secretly CanadianSKU lp-11588

wistful, somber modern folk reveries from LA-based singer songwriter
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"On her debut EP, songwriter Helen Ballentine offers an airy, intense, and unflinchingly open collection of songs written about – and from – one of life’s in-between gray areas, a stretch of uncertainty and unemployment, and the subsequent search for identity. Despite her extensive background in visual arts, Ballentine suddenly found songwriting to be the best avenue for her artistic visions, an easy way for her to organically discover what it as she was trying to say.The four dark, dreamy songs on her debut EP were influenced by a strange-but-fitting amalgamation of media consumed in the immediate aftermath of quitting her 9-5. There’s Valerie and her Week of Wonders, the Czech new-wave film that went on to inform Skullcrusher’s aesthetic. There’s Ballentine’s love of fantasy and surrealism, her appreciation of the way fantasy novels juxtapose beauty and violence. Ballentine was also fully immersed in the world of Nick Drake, watching and reading anything she could about his songwriting. Another sonic anchor came from ambient electronica, which provided her with a shared vocabulary with her new band." - Secretly Canadian

  • debut release from Los Angeles singer-songwriter Helen Ballentine
  • 'cloudy clear' colored vinyl
  • printed inner sleeve
  • digital download included
  • limited edition
  • music label: Secretly Canadian 2020

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