Lingua Ignota: Sinner Get Ready (2021)

Edited by Saperlipopette! - June 25 2022 at 08:06

Necrotica wrote: I love this album! It was one of my favorite albums of 2021, and I love the mix of classical, experimental, industrial elements

Cool! Probably my fave by far. I haven't noticed her mentioned here at PA before, but I noticed she's gotten herself quite a following. So there's still hope for mankind - or perhaps not:)

I bought "All Bitches Die" last year after checking her out based on good rateyourmusic reviews (I had heard some Caligula but liked Bitches more... Sinner Get Ready was probably not yet out). Very creative, dark and unsettling. I want to explore her work more so thanks for bringing her up! Although I've got to say, I have to be in the mood for this kind of stuff, and that mood doesn't come too often.


Edited by Lewian - June 25 2022 at 09:26

Lewian wrote: I bought "All Bitches Die" last year after checking her out based on good rateyourmusic reviews (I had heard some Caligula but liked Bitches more... Sinner Get Ready was probably not yet out). Very creative, dark and unsettling. I want to explore her work more so thanks for bringing her up! Although I've got to say, I have to be in the mood for this kind of stuff, and that mood doesn't come too often.

Yes I feel the same way - or similar to you. She goes perfectly well with my current mood though... (well to a lesser extent Caligula, as it just destroys me in a Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima-kind of way. I have to wait a while till next revisit. My psyche can handle All Bitches Die and Let the Evil of His Own Lips Cover Him more often)

Listened to a couple of snippets and really like what I heard. Will take the time to give it the attention it deserves... I'll be back.

Edited by Saperlipopette! - June 26 2022 at 06:33

suitkees wrote: So I got to listen to the whole Sinner Get Ready and all the adjectives mentioned above apply. It is a very singular work and very beautiful - you can be happy because I discovered this artist thanks to your post. Thank you! And, added to the "to buy" list. I also listened to the first three tracks of Caligula, but got a bit put off by the screaming... (and the lyrics are very violent, indeed, but I could get over that, since it's part of the concept).

Wonderful!

Saperlipopette! wrote: Logan wrote: I listened to the whole Sinner Get Ready album followed by the whole Caligula album, and wow! Quite the experience; I was mesmerised. Musically, I think it does relate to various music quite well that I have been into of late as well and both albums connected with me immediately and held my attention. I was kind of hoping this was something you'd connect with. I've seen her music compared to Diamanda Galas, Anna Von Hauswolff, Swans... but to me it's really a totally immersive experience like nothing else before (but those artists mentioned can all be uniquely immersive as well. Swans in particular). With Lingua Ignota it seems I don't really seperate the art from the artist, but feel emotionally invested way beyond the music.    -Anyway, now you need to hear the rest of her output too.

I was getting those same reference points to other artists, as well as Nico (especially for The Marble Index) on Caligula. I had played Swans' excellent out-of-print live album Omniscience (1992) before playing the Lingua Ignota albums, and there are sort of rather disturbing meets beautiful Jarboe folk vibes that they have in common. And she, like Swans, employs the bits where folsky Americans are talking about things. Just mentioning because it might have connected even more immediately as something I wanted to listened to, and in full, immediately.

I appreciated both album so very much, and listened to Caligula again. On the next try I took in more of the lyrics. Obviously tragic, and anger and sadness are being expressed. The screaming is an element that didn't take away enough of my appreciation for the music to stop listening when it started. When the Clockwork Orange theme was on, which is music that resonates so much with me and is fitting for the themes, I was rather wishing not to hear the screaming. I could appreciate the screaming, and it is part of the overall experience. And there is such beauty of its king in the album, and I trend to like contrast. I really appreciate the neofolk/ folk horror / religious elements -- Sinner Get Ready hooked this sinner. I have a big thing for religious themed folk horror (The Wicker Man, The Witch, The Apostle, The Third Day etc.) I definitely will be listening to her other music.