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Alison Cotton’s fifth solo album is a mesmerizing weave of haunted atmospherics and avant-folk songcraft. Built around her viola, harmonium, and transportive vocals, the album moves between stark drone passages and more layered arrangements with piano, percussion, and synths.
The Gods Laugh is a work of quiet, sublime intensity, cementing Cotton’s unique space in the contemporary English music scene — a space where richly textured sonics meet tradition, and deeply personal compositions evoke the experimental spirit of artists like Nico, John Cale, and Dorothy Carter.
Tracklist
1 I Still Know You Are Calling My Name
2 I Am!
3 What Were Those Words You Spoke to Me?
4 The Night It Darkens All Around Me
5 The Final Harvest
6 A Storm in Morwenstow
7 Sprigs of Heather
8 Round of the Red Cape
9 The Gods Laugh at Those Who Make Plans