Alla - The Shining
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| Alla - The Shining |
Release Date: Out Now
A song by a classically trained
Romanian singer-songwriter inspired by Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining'? Oh hell
yes. Alla is a quirky package and 'The Shining' delivers on that promise with a
brooding acoustic line approaching from the horizon like an unstoppable grim
reaper on a Harley channelling Jose Gonzalez. Following some distant, semi-religious
chanting, a scuzzy guitar line kicks in and suddenly this tune takes on more
purpose. Think PJ Harvey, a dirtier Ladyhawke, Portishead as performed by
Primal Scream or Josh Homme's little sister and you're getting close to this
tune but the rippling layers of melody scythed through by that buzz-saw guitar
are a thing of forbidden beauty. Alla is a genuinely enthralling talent on the
evidence of this track and the menace contained within the music is the perfect
match for the title - if I find out she's got a twin sister, though, I'm going
to put this review in the fridge.
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