MARISSA NADLER – New Radiations – LP – Clear Vinyl

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LP – Digipak.

The last we heard from Marissa Nadler, she was soaring through The Path of the Clouds and its companion EP, The Wrath of the Clouds. Now, on her tenth official full-length record, New Radiations, she returns with a raw, intimate, and breathtaking collection of eleven otherworldly songs.

From the first note, Nadlers lush voice and intricate fingerpicking are front and center. She layers Everly Brothersstyle harmonies over dreamlike, lonesome soundscapesfuzzedout distortion, Hammond organ, and ominous synthesizersthat elevate her warm vulnerability with texture and atmosphere. Each track unfolds like a vignette of a life lived, delivering emotional weight that resonates with quiet intensity.

Lyrically, she shape-shifts through time and spaceinhabiting characters in an airborne Cessna, a spaceship, a getaway car, and alternate dimensions. Her storytelling is cinematic in scope and deeply personal in impact and the contrast between sweet, catchy melodies and dark, visceral lyrics runs deep. Whether singing from the first-person narrative or channeling these other people, the album taps into the universality of love and loss with gravitas and empathy.

Produced by Nadler herself and mixed by Randall Dunn (Earth, Sunn O)))), New Radiations features subtle arrangements from longtime collaborator Milky Burgesswoozy slide guitar, hypnagogic synthesizers, and gritty riffs. Genrebending yet quintessentially her own, this album freezes the worlds noise in a moment of beauty and solemnity. New Radiations is not just another albumits a career highlight, a testament to Marissa Nadlers singular vision and artistry.

Tracklist:

1. It Hits Harder
2. Bad Dreams Summertime
3. You Called Her Camellia
4. Smoke Screen Selene
5. New Radiations
6. If It’s An Illusion
7. Hatchet Man
8. Light Years
9. Weightless Above The Water
10. To Be The Moon King
11. Sad Satellite