The Grime and the Glow

by Chelsea Wolfe

The Grime and the Glow cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 28 December 2010
  • Label: Pendu Sound
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 46:01
  • Community rating: 3.56/5 from 8 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded on a portable 8-track, 'The Grime and the Glow' acts as Chelsea Wolfe's atmospheric and intensely lo-fi debut proper. The album is submerged in reverb, masking folk-driven songwriting beneath layers of gothic gloom and harsh, noisy textures. It successfully laid the groundwork for her unique brand of 'doom-folk', merging singer-songwriter intimacy with terrifying, shadowy aesthetics.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, Acoustic, lo-fi, acoustic, atmospheric, vocal, droning, ambient, female-vocals

Tracklist

  1. Advice & Vices (2:52)
  2. Cousins Of The Antichrist (2:45)
  3. Moses (4:57)
  4. Deep Talks (3:18)
  5. Fang (2:12)
  6. Benjamin (4:19)
  7. The Whys (3:51)
  8. Noorus (3:29)
  9. Gene Wilder (3:01)
  10. Halfsleeper (6:01)
  11. Bounce House Demons (3:20)
  12. Sirenum Scopuli (2:00)
  13. Widow (3:54)

Credits

  • Chelsea Wolfe - primary artist, written-by, performer
  • Addison Quarles - musician [additional]
  • Drew Walker - musician [additional]
  • Kevin Dockter - musician [additional]
  • The Death - musician [additional]
  • Ian Bone - musician [additional]
  • Andrew Henderson - musician [additional]
  • G. Green - musician [additional]

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