It is the epitome of psychedelia it almost makes you question your ability to cognitively function as it consumes you. There isn’t a skippable track on the album but Track 4, Magdalene, offers an unparalleled level of dizzying entrancement as it sonically effervesces. Mechtild was inspired by the life of a Christian medieval mystic, the drawn-out notes resonate like celestially meditative whispers implanted by a lover, chilling but passionate all the same. Track 2, Mechtild, where you can truly start to appreciate Nero Kane for his inclination to look outside of music for inspiration. Bauhaus and Nick Cave reminiscences are easy to conjure, but Nero Kane has an authentically unique ability to console you, even when he’s telling you that your soul is damned. The title becomes a mantra as it confirms your fears there is no salvation which follows the traversing of our seemingly-condemned quite literally scorched earth.

Lord Won’t Come sets such a devastating tone for the album. It tears you from the 21 st century and invites you to explore a gothic American western landscape constructed by hypnotic minor-key psych-folk infusions with the ability to subjugate your entire consciousness. The space left between the notes in the looped riffs allow your fear, disenchantment and isolation to coalesce with the soundscape. For anyone that believes that albums are outdated formats, Tales of Faith and Lunacy will prove you wrong. Each track will surprise you more than the last. It’s so much more than just senseless nihilism, it’s a series of reflective admissions made regrettably, but sincerely all the same.ĭespite melancholy being a recurring theme, the expansive release offers a myriad of introspective wormholes to slip into.

The droning walls of noise leave you utterly paralysed by the intensity of the emotion. Italian Dark Psych Folk artist Nero Kane released their sophomore album, ‘Tales of Faith and Lunacy’, on October 30 th, following on from the plaintively arid psychedelia in their debut album ‘ Love in a Dying World’.Īfter tracks from their debut album quickly fell into my ‘on repeat’ playlist on Spotify, there was no preparing me for how dark this album was going to be.

At Love's Command by Samantha Kane