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As one third of acclaimed trio The Rayographs, Astrud Steehouder contributed to a sound that nodded to visual influences like David Lynch as much as it did musical ones. That filmic, evocative quality remains a feature on her first solo release as Paper Dollhouse. Recorded entirely in the kitchen and garden of her London home, A Box Painted Black is characterised by a minimal, sparse folk sound infused with found sounds and eerie atmospherics. On tracks like ‘Did You Wake’, quietly intense vocals pan disorientatingly from speaker to speaker, while the oddly buoyant melodies of ‘Daisies’ contrast with the spare instrumentation. While the record is undoubtedly effective in capturing a certain nocturnal ambience, over the long run it can begin to feel like one lengthy track – and not in a good way. Daniel Harrison
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KEY TRACKS: ‘DAISIES’, ‘WILLIAM’, ‘BLACK OAK TREE’.
FOR FANS OF: TASSEOMANCY, LAURA SHEERAN.
