MARISSA NADLER + JESS WILLIAMSON
For more than 12 years, American singer/songwriter Marissa Nadler has perfected her own take on the exquisitely sculpted gothic American songform. On her seventh full-length, Strangers, released in May 2016, she has shed any self-imposed restrictions her earlier albums adhered to, stepped through a looking glass, and created a truly monumental work.
Once again partnered with July producer Randall Dunn (Sunn O))), Earth, Black Mountain), Strangers points out the darkly enchanting world of her music that revolves around her ethereal voice, which always sounds like its lilts are just shy of reaching some ledge of reconciliation before tragically, beautifully, falling just short.