Lycanthropy

by Patrick Wolf

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 6 April 2003
  • Label: Faith and Hope
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 51:31
  • Community rating: 3.18/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The ambitious debut from the multi-instrumentalist seamlessly collides classical viola and acoustic folk melodies with abrasive digital programming. Lyrically, the album explores themes of profound adolescent isolation, fluid identity, and mythical transformation.

Genres

Descriptors: lgbtq, avant-garde, mythology, noisy, lo-fi, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Prelude (1:31)
  2. Wolf Song (3:28)
  3. Bloodbeat (3:50)
  4. To the Lighthouse (4:05)
  5. Pigeon Song (3:34)
  6. Don't Say No (4:02)
  7. The Childcatcher (4:28)
  8. Demolition (6:07)
  9. London (3:54)
  10. Paris (4:46)
  11. Peter Pan (1:53)
  12. Lycanthropy (4:10)
  13. A Boy Like Me (3:29)
  14. Epilogue (2:08)

Credits

  • Prince April - double bass, backing vocals
  • Jo Zeitlin - cello
  • Matthew Cellan Jones - lute, theorbo
  • Jo Apps - backing vocals
  • The Wandsworth Chamber Orchestra - strings
  • Bonnie - backing vocals
  • Wattle And Daub - handclaps

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