Rites Wild.

February 14, 2011, 4 comments

Stacey Wilson aka Rites Wild, hailing from Adelaide, South Australia, recently sent over these eerie synth gems that add up to both sides of her latest release, a cassingle that is available via Faux Friends now. Wilson’s haunting, heavily echoed magic does remind us of an earlier Zola Jesus, which is far from saying that both sound alike – in fact, automatically mingling every female artist who’s able to work on synthesizers and is moreover tending towards the dark side is nothing else than pursuing sexist patterns in writing about music. So enough with that already. Suffice it to say that in particular the utterly brilliant Rites Wild Theme is far from anything that has come up stateside recently, as Wilson manages to blend her signature otherworldliness with quite an infectious, upbeat bass line that is obviously made for sinister dance moves over misty fields at night.

Both tracks will be part of a forthcoming home-recorded EP, as well as featured on one of the next New Weird Australia compilations, which is quite something actually. Cut short, this exciting new artist is surely someone to keep in mind this year.

Rites Wild – Rites Wild Theme

Rites Wild – Ill Health

By Henning
  • http://twitter.com/seanorr sean orr

    OH MAN the 2nd one is rad. like mudd.

  • http://www.facebook.com/ashleyjex Ashley Jex

    i have a feeling you would like chelsea wolfe a lot. diggin this a lot too.

  • http://nofearofpop.net Henning

    Oh I do love Chelsea Wolfe indeed, thanks Ashley!!

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