"Cancer House make downer music with the same allure, where all things lugubrious offer a strange, addictive solace. Take 'Waterscene,' a dingy, dreary song that feels like day six of bedrest. Cobweb guitar melodies trace the room, crossing paths with spare, weary string arrangements. It's held together by the faintest pulse of a bassline."
"'Flowers Over There' clarifies the group's strategy. The reversed tape loop is a ghostly spirit that animates the track, and every other musical element is a bauble brought to life: the pitter-pattering percussion, the nimbly moving pizzicato. The vocals are sung so slowly that you can feel the shape of every word, but then suddenly, the track erupts into a fit of pained screaming."
"'Camera Obscura' lets you feel the throb of its kick drum, the brushes that graze the snare. As voices arrive-some direct, some sampled-the track is subsumed by texture, demanding little in the way of lyrical comprehension."
Cancer House's debut album, The Moth, combines '90s slowcore and post-rock to create a sound that embraces resignation as an inevitable acceptance. Songs like 'Waterscene' feature dreary melodies and cryptic vocals, culminating in a haunting wish for release. 'Flowers Over There' employs reversed tape loops and slow vocals, leading to moments of intense emotional outburst. The album emphasizes space and texture, allowing listeners to experience the weight of the music without needing to grasp every lyric, evoking a sense of compounding misery.
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