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The production is extraordinary.... Here's a tip: play it loud.
— ninthspace ...
Through The Gash is sensitive and imaginative, uniquely vengeful and confiding,
marking Fury out as an artist long overdue for some real critical attention...
—
Siobhan Rooney / Wears the Trousers ...
And so to possibly the most gorgeous record you can buy this year. We can despatch
the comparisons easily to begin with, which gives you an idea of what's happening,
on an album written, played and produced entirely by Hannah herself, but you would
never think it was a solo project, as it glows...
—
Mick Mercer Just
a peek at the beautifully, morbid cover of Hannah Fury's new album Through
the Gash, foreshadows the dark, romantic absinthe-tinged jewels within. Hannah's
airy, haunting voice and incisive and acid tinged lyricism combine with lushly
textured melodies that will chill the spine.
— Philip Fairbanks / Delusions
of Adequacy ...
a revelation. Her lush, full-bodied voice carries expertly crafted and enchanting
songs like a cathedral carries rich and resonant echoes or a carnival carries
a sense of wonder and a bit of danger... Through the Gash has a startling
and unconventional lyrical quality...
— Frederik Sisa / Morbid
Outlook
Creepy is a word often associated with Hannah Fury and for good reason. While
not quite as odd as Diamanda Galas, Fury ensures that there will be plenty of
unnerving yet simultaneously beautiful moments on this record..."
— Jason
MacNeil / Pop Matters A
slightly uneasy undercurrent runs through Fury's latest, from the creepy carousel
music of "No Man Alive" to the truly scary sounds of "Beware the
Touch" and "Status." But it is the sweeter, quieter moments that
stand out most...ĘThe quiet delivery, however, belies the power in her words.
In "Carnival Justice (The Gloves Are Off) Part II," there is real venom
behind the line, "So you love her? That little stain?" Through the
Gash constantly alternates between quiet balladry and aggressive proclamations...
—
Stuart Myerburg / Keenly Observed ...
The production value on Fury's work has been commented on by other reviewers,
and rightly so. Every element here is in perfect balance, and the album has a
very full, almost decadent sound that could have come out of one of the majors.
—
Joe Hemmerling / Suburban Horror Hannah
Fury's last full-length effort was a musical adaptation of Wicked that
was way ahead of the Broadway musical. On this long-awaited followup, her wispy,
spooky songs of love, life and loss play like Gothic ghost tales from another
time. The lush, dense orchestrations simultaneously lift Fury's ethereal voice
toward the sun and drag it down to earth.
— Eryc Eyl / Denver
Westword ...
Through the Gash isn't the manic howl of a wounded animal it is the reflective
work of a survivor on the mend...
— Sepiachord At
times recalling a slightly more sinister Julee Cruise and her collaborations with
Angelo Badalamenti Hannah Fury's releases have aptly been called "spooky," "creepy"
and "disturbed." While many of those adjectives could be placed upon Through
the Gash, Fury's compositions are also beautiful, hypnotic and far more substantial
than a string of Halloween attributes...
— Ryan Michael Painter / SLUGmag ...
A bit spooky and peculiar at times, Through the Gash is an intriguing collection
of modern moody pop delivered with unique style... Rating: Excellent
—
Babysue / LMNOP ...
Her unrivaled ability to twist or change the mood of a song on a single note or
measure is still present. "You Don't Leave A Trace" changes entirely
220 seconds in and I can guarantee it will burst your heart.
— ninthspace ...This
puzzle of an album has so many different pieces that bring its macabre tone to
light (or darkness). Whether it be the chilling vocals that make your spine tingle,
or the columns of organ/piano that fill your ears, it's all pretty whimsical with
a twisted and subtle personality...
— Pernell / Skyline Press ...
after listening to the painful musical lashes of Hannah's dreamy tongue, I'm hopelessly
caught in her baroque sugar spun spider web...
— Ghettoblaster Hannah
Fury continues to carve out her distinct musical vision with Through the Gash,
her first full-length album in seven years. Though loosely fitting under the recently
trendy "dark cabaret" banner (a term that didn't exist when she started), the
singer/songwriter's Tori Amos-meets-Tim Burton sound has always been her own...
As romantic as a William Blake poem but as ghostly as a Richard Matheson novel,
Through the Gash is Hannah Fury at her most darkly beautiful.
—
Michael Toland / High Bias
...The mood of this new album is often quite different than that of her eerie
2000 release The Thing That Feels. There are plenty of moments on the new
disc that do recapture that delicately uncanny sound, but many of the tracks alternate
between the dark electro-pop beats of Hannah's Subterfuge EP/DVD set and
a lighter tone that touches on the higher, more ethereal extremity of Hannah's
layered vocals...
— Muruch ...
There is so much going on here I feel like I have to listen to it 100 times with
headphones and without.
— Collected Sounds Hannah
Fury's new CD, Through the Gash, explores the dark side of the female heart
in a variety of guises. The major theme here is revenge, swiftly followed by self-doubt,
all shot through with her trademark dark humor...
— Craig L. Gidney /
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