Picastro - Whore Luck

WHORE LUCK IS THE NEW ALBUM FROM TORONTO’S PICASTRO, FEATURING CONTRIBUTIONS BYJAMIE STEWART OF XIU XIU AND OWEN PALLETT OF FINAL FANTASY.APPROPRIATELY ENOUGH, WHORE LUCK IS AN ALBUM OF SOMBER REFLECTION AND UNEASYRESOLVE, FROM THE INTENSELY SWIRLING MORASS OF STRINGS AND WRAITH-LIKE VOCALS IN “ALLERASETO THE DISSONANT PUMP ORGAN AND SIGHING VIOLIN OF “IF YOU HAVE GHOSTS.THERE’S EVEN A STARTLINGLY VULNERABLE COVER OF THE FALL’S “OLDER LOVER,WITH JAMIESTEWART FIGHTING THROUGH A FOREST OF ELECTRONIC GLITCHES TO SING BACKING VOCALS.BUT WHAT STANDS OUT MOST ARE THE VARIED AND AMBITIOUS ARRANGEMENTS, WITH NEWMEMBERS (CELLIST NICK STORRING AND DRUMMER BRANDON VALDIVIA) ADDING A MOREEXPERIMENTAL AND CHAOTIC EDGE TO THE ALREADY MEDITATIVE TONES INHERENT IN LEADVOCALIST LIZ HYSEN'S SONGWRITING.“EXUDES A SOUND SEEMINGLY TORMENTED BY SLEEP-DEPRIVATION, PAIN, AND MOSTPRESSINGLY - FEAR... CAUGHT BETWEEN ELLIOTT SMITH AND GODSPEED YOU BLACKEMPEROR, BALANCING PRETTY ACOUSTIC MELODIES WITH CHILLINGLY SHRILL CLANGES ANDSCREECHES.-PITCHFORKMEDIA.COM

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