Simon Shackleton – “The Shadowmaker”

An enjoyably eerie track fit for the season, Simon Shackleton‘s “The Shadowmaker” builds an unsettling soundscape with chilly vocal and lyrical maneuvers — “you’ll be the undertaker, queen of ridicule” — amidst synth-laden swelling. Multiple vocal layers further the spine-tingling haunts as they assemble in referencing the shadowmaker and undertaker, reminding fondly of The Auteurs in its general tone. The atmospheric production inspirations of Massive Attack and Nine Inch Nails ...

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