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ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF – Mountains Crave (2012)
There’s no denying there’s a spiritual quality to the music of Anna von Hausswolff. Much of this can be attributed to the fact that the Swedish singer and musician plays the pipe organ, an instrument that fills cavernous church sanctuaries and holy spaces with rich layers of sound. But it’s also her songs on this year’s superb record, Ceremony, that take on an otherworldly transcendence mixing moody orchestrations with engrossing, almost poppy melodies.
Anna von Hausswolff (born 6 September 1986) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and pipe organist. She is known for her gothic-styled music, usually accompanied by the pipe organ. Von Hausswolff’s music has received praise from music critics, though it also caused controversy from Catholic groups. “The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra” is taken from her album Dead Magic (2018).
Von Hausswolff’s gothic-style music is described as “art pop, drone, and post-metal”, with “a juxtaposition of dark and bright”. The Guardian has described it as “funeral pop”. Her 2015 release, The Miraculous, is noted for its “gothic splendour”. Dead Magic shows a “brighter, poppier beat”. Her vocals are similar to Nico, Diamanda Galás, Peruvian soprano Yma Sumac, and are compared to Kate Bush and A Kiss In The Dreamhouse-era Siouxsie Sioux. Her music is associated with the Krautrock genre with odes to Einstürzende Neubauten and Swans.
The first single from Anna von Hausswolff´s Ceremony (2012)
Directed by: Anders Nydam Photography: Anders Nydam, Laurits Flensted Grade: Johannes Møgelvang Recorded, Mixed and Produced by: Filip Leyman
LYRICS:
Mountains Crave So they say They say your name Floods in the bay It’s a shame It’s a shame The pain turn to rain Ain’t calming down Will it calm down?
And as far as we go We go down Will we go down? And as far as we know How do we know? How do we know? And as a far as we can go How far to go? How far to go?
And the Mountains Crave It’s in your name They’ll vanish some day With your name
How do we know? How do we know?
How do we know? Do we know?
How do we know? How can we know?
How do we know?
That love will go on
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