hypersongs

The Miraculous

The third album, recorded on the nine-thousand-pipe organ at Studio Acusticum.
Anna von Hausswolff, 2015

She chose the hall partly because she was interested in the organ after declining a 2013 request to perform there. Besides Leyman and the band of Karl Vento, Joel Fabiansson and Ulrik Ording, Maria von Hausswolff sings on "Stranger" and Daniel Ogren plays clavioline. Pitchfork gave it 7.8, The 405 8.5, Drowned in Sound 8 and Loud and Quiet 9; John Freeman of The Quietus called it a huge, brooding record that fuses ethereal fantasy with the portentous drama of rumbling organ drone. Dagens Nyheter's Elin Unnes named it album of the year, and it was nominated for Rock of the Year at the 2016 Grammis. Singles were "Come Wander With Me / Deliverance" (August 19, 2015), "Evocation" and "An Oath".

Track listing

  1. Discovery8:45
  2. The Hope Only of Empty Men3:10
  3. Pomperipossa2:12
  4. Come Wander With Me / Deliverance10:49
  5. En ensam vandrare2:55
  6. An Oath3:01
  7. Evocation3:07
  8. The Miraculous9:59
  9. Stranger5:28

More from Anna von Hausswolff

Singing From The Grave (2010), Källan (Prototype) (2014), Dead Magic (2018), All Thoughts Fly (2020), Iconoclasts (2025)

Sources

  1. The Miraculous, Wikipedia
  2. Death becomes her, The Quietus (2013-06-18)