Photo by Giada Stanzian
After the overwhelming success of his 2012 album Ceremony, Anna von Hausswolff she quickly established herself as an artist of vast and unpredictable creativity, capable of blending tradition and experimentation in surprising ways.
His signature instrument, the pipe organ, is at the center of a sound that plays with the rhythm of breathing: inhale, hold, exhale. This approach translates into both monumental dark rock pieces and intimate organ pieces.
With ICONOCLASTS, his sound evolves further, introducing more vibrant and pop-influenced elements, while maintaining the emotional strength that defines his work. Produced by von Hausswolff herself together with long-time collaborator Filip Leyman, the album is a wide-ranging work of epic ritualism and maximalist composition, enriched by extraordinary collaborations with Iggy Pop, Ethel Cain, Abul Mogard and Maria von Hausswolff. The ensemble is graced by virtuoso saxophonist Otis Sandsjö, whose trills envelop and intensify the music.
ICONOCLASTS explores universal themes such as love, freedom and autonomy, while evoking symbolic figures such as Atlas, who carries the weight of the world on his shoulders, and translating the fears and contradictions of contemporary life into sound. Amid reverberating percussion, whispering organs and pulsating guitars, von Hausswolff's magnetic voice guides the listener through an emotional realm of secrets, desire, pain and beauty. While exploring new sonic territories, the album maintains all the hallmarks of his work: monumental intensity, crystalline iridescence and luminous dynamism.
The lead single, Stardust / The Whole Woman (feat. Iggy Pop), offers a taste of the power and subtlety of this new chapter in his career.
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ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF: the lineup of the concert in Milan
- Intro
- Consensual Neglect
- Facing Atlas
- The Mouth
- The Whole Woman
- The Iconoclast
- An Ocean of Time
- The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra
- Stardust
- Aging Young Women
- Ugly and Vengeful
BIS
- Funeral for My Future Children
- Struggle with the Beast
Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
