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A near-perfect mini album from Zola Jesus which finds Nika Roza Danilova turning down the noisy experiments found in her earlier records and offering a set of gut-wrenching, pitch-black pop music. There are fragments of prime-period 4AD, elements of cold wave and British '80s pop, but what strikes us most is just how current and fresh Stridulum sounds. If Danilova can keep up this momentum for her next full-length, then we’ll be in for something very special indeed.
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