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THIS IS OBLIVION - Brings Violence And Violins With Debut Album; New Music Video Released

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Published on Tuesday, 22 February 2022 21:39
Written by Tomaz

Brooklyn (USA) based duo This Is Oblivion, consisting of vocalist/violinist Lulu Black and drummer Michael Kadnar, summons a dark, evocative sound, in league with the most dramatic dirges of Chelsea Wolfe or Swans. The pair will release the self-titled debut album on the 6th of May via Kadnar's label, Silent Pendulum Records.

First single "The Truth" mesmerizes as it punishes; haunting vocals coil around funereal strings and cannon-fire drums. The accompanying music video, directed by Brendan McGowan and starring Black and Kadnar, is a suitably beautiful, intense, and theatrical clip, presenting a purple-lit dream sequence of chains, thorns, and fire.

Black describes the concepts behind This Is Oblivion's debut album: "It’s an exploration of the cyclical nature of connection; how every moment in time is paradoxically suspended somewhere between a moment of collapse and ascendance; how love can be an anchor when the world seems to be ending and love itself can feel like the end of the world." This paradox is expressed in "The Truth" as Black sings, "I will ruin you / I will run to you / I want you to ruin me / I want you to run from me."

Black and Kadnar began This Is Oblivion in the spring of 2020. The two are not only in a band together but in a relationship. "Collaborating with a romantic partner is a first for both of us", says Black. "A relationship that then evolves into an artistic collaboration can be hugely positive but also very raw and vulnerable at times." The couple's debut album was recorded and mixed in 2021 by Seth Manchester at Machines With Magnets (Lingua Ignota, The Body) and mastered by Brian Lucey at Magic Garden Mastering (Depeche Mode, David Lynch). The cover art was created by Rose Callahan and Taylor Bates. Link

This Is Oblivion tracklist:
01. Invocation
02. The Truth
03. Elegy
04. Undeserving
05. Offering
06. A Reckoning
07. Unto You
08. Litany