SHE SPREAD SORROW - 'Mine'



CSR231CD (5 October 2018)
CD in 6-panel digipak
Barcode: 0641871745210



Much demanded CD edition of 2017's sold out vinyl release, with 2 bonus tracks.

"Mine" is the second release for the Italian artist Alice Kundalini with her solo project She Spread Sorrow. Between the dark rooms of an abandoned college, where whispers and obscene thoughts mingle, where little bells and distortions come together, the inner voices are fleeing to the rules of harmony to awaken a darker sound, hidden and deprived, of those who have something to hide. Ritual deathscapes, obscure Death Industrial, sinful Power Electronics. The two bonus tracks, bringing the album to 46 minutes, are majestic, heavy and claustrophobic, perfectly complimenting this already intense masterpiece. 6-panel digipak.

Track listing:

1. Crushed On The Pillow (7:00)
2. Lust (6:03)
3. On The Bank Of The River (5:30)
4. Mine (8:39)
5. Straight Back (7:39)
6. Blue Monsoon (6:17)
7. Mild Homily (4:09)



Reviews:

"Mine, as with Kundalini's other albums, perfectly melds dark ambient and ritualistic industrial to create something that is uniquely both serene and beautiful, yet horrific... It’s remarkable how much Kundalini’s vocals act as an instrument throughout this disc, often used with great affect even without uttering a word. It’s really the tie that binds Mine together". (5/5, Musique Machine)

"...'intensity', 'experience', 'strangeness'... She Spread Sorrow, also known as Alice Kundalini, certainly knows how to do that... [she] gets under your skin and because she’s not always blowing to smithereens her music is much creepier than some of the other boys in black brigade." (Vital Weekly)

"She Spread Sorrow is one of several exemplary projects authored by women who radically engage the aesthetics from industrial culture... with belicose noise, anxiously claustrophobic gloom, and an obsessive discipline sweltering on this unblinking album". (Stranded)

"Mine is a simple, but definitely appropriate title for this interesting and talented Italian artist who has created a sound all her own; masterful composition and mixing between the voices, noises, effects and backgrounds." (The Noise Beneath The Snow)

"She Spread Sorrow goes for the distressing and the subtle, rather than the offensive and aggressive. Furthermore, “distressing” is probably the major adjective one should use when talking about Mine. This is some dark stuff, simply put, and very well crafted to boot." (Archaic Triad)

"Five tracks spread over the two sides are delivered coldly, desolate and stark. Sometimes these are the sounds of spectral horror and loss, while at others there is a little more structure and rhythm lending the tracks a more industrial feel... uneasy listening" (Midlands Metalheads)

"Für all jene Connaisseurs des gepflegten (post-)industriellen Hörvergnügens, die nicht immer nur tagtäglich Stund' um Stunde mit dem Vorschlaghammer das Trommelfell poliert bekommen wollen, sondern auch mit ruhigeren, doch nicht minder massiven musikalischen Maßnahmen etwas anfangen können, ist "Mine" definitiv eine Empfehlung wert... es handelt sich hier um ein sprödes Juwel, das entdeckt werden will." (NONPOP)