ALBUM REVIEW: Jaye Jayle – Don’t Let Your Love Life Get You Down


 

Jaye Jayle is effectively the solo project of Evan Patterson, and Don’t Let Your Love Life Get You Down (Pelagic Records) is his first offering since his divorce from Emma Ruth Rundle — a topic which seems to have informed both the title and the content of this new record.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Converge – Bloodmoon: I


After the four-year gap since their last studio album, Massachusetts hardcore/metalcore act Converge return with something quite different. A collaborative effort, Bloodmoon: I (Epitaph Records) sees the band joining forces with Chelsea Wolfe, Ben Chisholm plus Cave In singer/guitarist Stephen Brodsky, the seven individuals all contributing to something a little out of their usual comfort zones.

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Converge Announce New Collaborative Album – “Bloodmoon: I” ft. Chelsea Wolfe, Ben Chisholm, and Stephen Brodsky


Legendary band Converge has announced a special collaborative album Bloodmoon: I, due out November 19th on CD/Digital & on vinyl June 24th, 2022 via Deathwish Inc. The band has done many live performances of Blood Moon over they years featuring these guests (Chelsea Wolfe, Ben Chisholm, and Stephen Brodsky) at festivals such as Roadburn Festival, but this new album version will see a proper release. Stream the first single “Blood Moon” now.

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Chelsea Wolfe and Emma Ruthe Rundle Share Video for “Anhedonia”


Chelsea Wolfe has shared her brand new music video for her recent single, “Anhedonia,” featuring Emma Ruth Rundle! The track was mixed by Wolfe’s collaborator and bandmate Ben Chisholm. The duo also released a limited edition T-shirt from their label, Sargent House.

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Chelsea Wolfe Shares New Single “Anhedonia” ft. Emma Ruth Rundle


Incredible songstress Chelsea Wolfe has shared a brand new single today, “Anhedonia” features Emma Ruth Rundle! Rundle provides guest vocals and guitar from Wolfe’s labelmate and was mixed by Ben Chisholm. You can listen to the track below, stream at all DSPs, and purchase it today from their label, Sargent House.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Jaye Jayle – Prisyn


Prisyn is an album that deals in opposites. On one hand, it is an expression of Evan Patterson’s artistic freedom, in the sense that it is quite far removed from Jaye Jayle’s previous works both in terms of sound and creative process. On the other hand, that creative process was linked to circumstances of enforced restriction and confinement. The album’s title itself – Prisyn – alludes to a ‘synthetic prison’ according to Patterson himself. The work was conceived while Patterson was on an extended tour. He began to compose music in these limited conditions using just his iPhone. Instead of fleshing out or reworking the pieces with the usual Jaye Jayle band, Patterson enlisted Ben Chisholm’s (Chelsea Wolfe) help to embellish and produce the songs. The result is an album of primarily electronic music: tense, brooding and claustrophobic. But, in the spirit of opposites, there is a counterpoint to the cold synth textures in the form of Patterson’s deep and rich voice. As he sings in the very first line of opener ‘A Cold Wind’, ‘The darkness meets the lightness / Or rather the lightness meets the darkness’.Continue reading