Bring Her
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s sorrow wave outfit Bring Her dropped their self-titled LP just minutes ago.
Bring Her
Bring Her is made up of Nadine J. Waldron (vocals, synths) and Marcus Nati (guitar). The duo explains that they don’t create based on musical influences.
“We create based off premonition. Mostly what feels right, and definitely what feels wrong,” says Waldron.
Bring Her dropped their debut EP on Black Verb Records at the end of 2015, followed shortly thereafter by opening for Diiv. Since then Bring Her has shared the stage with Boy Harsher, Soft Kill, Sextile, and Uniform.
Describing their sound as “sorrow wave,” a stylistic mode of dark wave, Bring Her’s music encompasses the darker components of new wave, utilizing lower pitches, and minor keys, along with melancholy savors.
This is my favorite track on the album because of its nuanced passion and dominant sonic thrust, along with the spine-chilling skater grrrl inflection of Waldron’s killer voice.
Comprising nine tracks, the album begins with “Curses Not Promises,” opening on a potent syncopated drum beat followed by dark, groaning synths. Strident colors enter, infusing the tune with stark tension, as Waldron’s haunting femme fatale vocals course overhead. Pervaded by eerie malevolence, the song is captivating.
Tracks not to be missed include “Choose Me Move Me,” riding rounded choking guitar riffs and opaquely streaming synths. A muscular rhythm propels the tune forward, as Waldron’s sigh-filled tones inject the lyrics with dismal wailing flavors. “Flesh In Line” starts off with black industrial tones that shift to incandescent tremors of color flowing into a cavernous hypertrophic wall-of-sound resonance, akin to caveman doom. The tremendous sonic pressure emanating from this song is formidable and brutally irresistible.
“Osiris Temple,” blends jangly hues, surging darker synths and what amounts to a relentlessly pulsating EDM beat into a marvelous concoction of layered textures seething with glowering pigments. This is my favorite track on the album because of its nuanced passion and dominant sonic thrust, along with the spine-chilling skater grrrl inflection of Waldron’s killer voice.
Bring Her is a plush, superior album, full of yummy probing guitar chords and menacing synths. Bring Her really holds it down on this album. Definitely a must-listen-to.
