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At Swim
Folk · 2016 · 11 tracks · 39m

At Swim

Lisa Hannigan

A haunting, water-logged collection of chamber folk. Sparse piano and choral vocal layering create a sense of vast, wintry isolation and quiet resilience.

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It sounds like a ghost singing hymns in a frozen cathedral.

A profound, wintry stillness that balances the weight of grief with a strange, ethereal grace.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 39m
01
Fall
2:59
02
Prayer for the Dying
4:34
03
Snow
3:39
04
Lo
3:54
05
Undertow
3:24
06
Ora
2:49
07
We, the Drowned
3:59
08
Anahorish
1:50
09
Tender
3:57
10
Funeral Suit
4:00
11
Barton
4:26
Moments Worth Waiting For
The stark, multi-tracked vocal harmonies of Anahorish that sound like a ghostly medieval choir.
The way the piano on Ora feels like it is being played in a vast, empty hall with the sustain pedal held down.
The rhythmic, pulsing undertow of the drums on Barton that slowly builds into a muted, oceanic crescendo.
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