New Arrival! 65 minutes, 31 seconds

Karin Höghielm
Fabra

Back from San Francisco--did you miss me? Of course you did...not. And I didn't miss you either. San Francisco is the most beautiful city in America, and I was reluctant to leave. But a mounting hotel bill and the cost of eating out meant a return to dreary old Seattle (37 degrees in April!) whether I wanted to or not.

Karin Höghielm recently released an album for the Prikosnovénie label, and you can see from this earlier disc why they thought she'd fit in with the rest of their fairy-folkie-ethereal roster. Her approach is a little more experimental, though--perhaps an appropriate gauge puts her somewhere between the odd operatic flights of Helga Pogatschar and the earthy beauty of more-traditional Scandinavian artists like Gjallarhorn.

Worth seeking out.

Also today:

New arrival! 64:18 Cervello Elettronico, Negate the Instigator
New arrival! 61:21 Penitent, Among the Sleepless
59:35 Regard Extrême, Utopia
59:34 Doubting Thomas, The Infidel
59:33 Haujobb, Freeze Frame Reality
59:32 Serpents, Terminal Breath
59:30 Instincts, The Mystery Visions
New arrival! 67:31 A Challenge of Honour, Trilogy (CD 1 of 2)
59:29 Cruciform Injection, Aftermath