Borne of her roots channeled thru the mystical wilderness of rugged west Ireland Maria Somerville crafts a vast and vital vocalized presence riveted in raw feeling and mood driven atmospheres. Fusing post-industrial pulse, hypnotic drones, and folk-etched melodies, her music evokes a thematic sense of transformed interwoven threads of Gothically smattered motifs and melancholic tribulations.
To discover early a new voice rising thru the same shadows once shaped by Cocteau Twins and This Mortal Coil, is a rare and timely concert opportunity so check her You Tube videos to listen now .
Somerville now steps forward her legacy continuation with Luster, her new landmark album premiering on the legendary 4AD label — home to past and present fellow sonic explorers like Bauhaus, Dead Can Dance and Clan of Xymox amongst others.
Think My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Mazzy Star, Julie Cruise, and Grouper for stylistic references - masterworks outside the 4AD canon but whispered through a different storm of Maria’s own unique mythic reach into ghostly dusky dream pop . Presented by Recombinant Media Labs and Gray Area.
Opening set by Leila Abdul-Rauf — Bay Area dark ambient musician weaving trumpet, voice, and drone into somber, penetrating passages.
Cost: 27.98