You could describe Chelsea Wolfe as post-punk lo-fi goth, but that just doesn't quite do her justice. She bares a passing resemblance to early Zola Jesus, but really she is more early Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. In the end no matter how you try to classify her, you are going to come up short. This is dark, seething stuff that somehow still manages to be comforting. It's little wonder that she recently covered Burzum's "Black Spell of Destruction" and turned it into a hypnotic hazy nocturnal soundscape that seduces the listener before revealing it's nightmarish nature. I'm not sure why, but with the exception of Brandon Stosuy's much deserved recognition over at Stereogum, this album has been criminally overlooked for the most part."Advice & Vices"
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