UNWOMAN - BLOSSOMS

Blossoms
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Composer, vocalist & cellist Unwoman presents her third full-length, self-produced album, Blossoms. Rich, electronically orchestrated songs fill the first half ("Side A") while "Side B" is composed entirely of settings of poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay, for cello and voice. Special packaging for this release includes a CD that looks like a vinyl LP, even including a faux deadwax etching with a secret meaning.

Side A
1 Compliance (stream clip) | (lyrics)
2 Caught Her (download mp3) | (lyrics)
3 The Little Mermaid (download mp3) | (lyrics)
4 Power (stream clip) | (lyrics)
5 Paresthesia | (lyrics)
6 The Next Flower (stream clip) | (lyrics)
Side B (Lyrics by Edna St. Vincent Millay)
7 Kin to Sorrow | (lyrics)
8 Three Songs of Shattering (download mp3) | (lyrics)
9 The Shroud | (lyrics)
10* The Dream | (lyrics)
11* Indifference | (lyrics)
12 Witch-Wife | (lyrics)
13 Blight (stream clip) | (lyrics)
14 What Lips My Lips Have Kissed (stream clip) | (lyrics)

* the names of these two tracks are reversed on the packaging and throughout the internet, but now you know the secret of their true order.

REVIEWS

"Like Kate Bush or Nico, Unwoman (http://www.unwoman.com) bravely steps beyond the word of pop, or anything remotely close to rock, into an uncategorizable, adventurous vision that is nevertheless steeped in history. With its mix and match of classical instrumentation and modern-day electronics, Unwoman does not occuy a specific place or time."
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"Erica Mulkey (Unwoman) has produced her third and most ravishing album to date. Always a sophisticated artist, balancing vocals, electronics, and her own fine cello playing she has gone farther in this recent work--exploring more deeply her remarkable range. Her settings for a group of Edna St Vincent Millay songs are as inventive, gutsy, and exquisite as the poems themselves, and she has set her own lyrics to music which displays startling new colors. All of this is balanced to great effect by songs in which she reveals her capacity for a poignant simplicity."
- Matthew Owens

"On her third release Unwoman (nee Erica Mulkey) has gotten clever: instead of giving us one full length she has given us two distinct EPs. But don't fret, either way Blossoms is a beautiful listen."
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"Unwoman is Erica Mulkey, a singer/songwriter that swims in the chilly darkness of Siouxsie Sioux if she had replaced post-punk guitars and danceable synthesizers for cello and piano. /.../ This is not sunshine radio, but a journey into the shadows. It’s one that I am certainly willing to make over and over again."
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"The new Unwoman project is quite beautiful. The first part is a collection of intensely personal, atmospheric cello-soaked darkwave songs that wouldn't sound out of place on the Projekt label. Part two is a song suite, with lyrics by the poet Edna St. Millay and a lone cello. But parts of 'Blossom' feature Erica Mulkey's clear, crystalline singing voice that reminds me of Sally Doherty. It's an exquisite album, mixing both art songs and arty pop in equal measure."
-- Craig Gidney

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photos by Pat Mazzera