Chelsea Wolfe: "The Way We Used To"

Ever wonder what kind of direction Norah Jones might have gone in if she hadn't been warmly embraced by the establishment? Nothing about Chelsea Wolfe's previous album Apokalypsis would have prompted that comparison, but something about the muted sighs and the bluesy percussion on new single "The Way We Used To" makes a cogent argument for more chanteuses to go the demonic torch song route.

Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs is out October 16 on Sargent House, and should represent a long form change of pace for the so called "death folk" singer (didn't Current 93 already lay dibs on that nomenclature anyway?).

Chelsea Wolfe: "Mer"

Chelsea Wolfe is on her third album (Apokalypsis) of droning dirge-folk, but with accolades from Pitchfork and NPR among others her moon is just now on the ascent.  I sometimes wish all these goth metal bands would take a listen to shit like this and Diamanda Galas realize that there are ways for expressive female voices to do "dark" evocatively without constantly pandering to the Evanescence and Nightwish crowds.