Marina Herlop – Pripyat

The album with the 3D snail queen on the cover does not deceive. On »Pripyat«, Marina Herlop makes artificial art-pop on the basis of a classical piano education. The result sounds like a mixture of Jenny Hval, Kate Bush and SOPHIE, the next Pitchfork Editor-in-Chief practically sprouts from the ground on the first beat of the album. And the tension is simply very, very well done, as well, arising from the juxtaposition of arca-esque glitchy club music and picturesque dramaturgy in the more classical elements (voice and piano).