The burgeoning darkness can be so dense it seems alive – it shifts, it wafts, it burbles – and even the tiniest, softest pinpoint of light appears white hot and intense. The second offering from Swedish lo-fi angel Alice Boman’s upcoming second EP, “Over” features Boman’s waif-like voice piercing through succulently viscous layers of organ-like electronics.
In contrast to the debut’s lead single, “What”, and its stark, nearly frozen, piano leads, “Over” is driven by pulsating, blood-filled synths, gently led by its deftly scratchy percussion. Just as minimal in construction as its predecessor, it teems with vitality in comparison. When Boman declares, “I need the darkness / just as much as I need the light”, we ought to thank our lucky stars, lest her exquisitely haunting music never been born.
Boman’s EP – unequivocally titled II – is released on 2 June via Happy Death Records in the UK (pre-order here). Catch her live on 8 May at The Great Escape in Brighton and from 23 May in Manchester for a series of dates at the Dot To Dot Festival.
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