Album Review: Marissa Nadler - Strangers

Marissa Nadler returns with an album that brings a soft, voluptuous sound into blossom.

It's utterly dreamy, but within the elegant perfumed beauty of these tunes there is a dark and brooding gothic edge. At times the sense of loss and sadness that permeates the mix feels suffocating. Shades of grey wrap themselves around us as she sings about memory on All The Colours Of The Dark. A tear-jerking sense of grief comes down on Nothing Feels The Same. Nadler drifts into the same summertime that made Lana Del Rey so sad, but the mood she creates is darker.