Swedish singer-songwriter Anna von Hausswolff's experimental performances continually captivate audiences and listeners alike, offering them extraordinary and sophisticated forms of aural solace. Her newest album, Ceremony, is an ominous yet poignant journey into grief and darkness. Von Hausswolff's "Deathbed" is a monumentally ambitious, ten-minute art-rock piece which encapsulates both stylized, dramatic arrangements and intimate lyrical composition, similar to Yes and King Crimson. Like her progressive rock precursors, von Hausswolff incorporates the organ into her quasi-symphonic music with brilliant yet different results. While "Sova" exhibits von Hausswolff's sprawling vocal range, "Funeral For My Future Children" illustrates her ability to effectively intermingle her sopranic lamentations with a more traditional but nonetheless spellbinding form of singing. So, in case you missed von Hausswolff on the airwaves, you can listen, and watch, here now:
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