The Predatory Wasp
This came out back in May, but it’s new to me and may well be to you as well. The collaborative project of Lankum’s Ian Lynch alongside George Brennan, One Leg One Eye output could mildly be described bleak and foreboding, with the inimitable Boomkat describing their new LP CRONE as “imagining Celtic folklore as molasses slow, rust-caked transcendent doom”.
Written and recorded in a repurposed fish-packaging factory in the remote Icelandic village of Stöðvarfjörður, Kathryn Mohr’s Waiting Room is an eerie and intimate exploration of solitude. Her debut LP for The Flenser, it’s sparse yet deeply affecting, built from skeletal guitar lines, occasional piano, and field recordings that capture Iceland’s stark beauty. Songs drift between ghostly folk and surrealistic soundscapes, with Mohr’s vocals hovering between detached murmurs and visceral intensity.
The Predatory Wasp 