The Birthday Massacre
Under Your Spell
Album · Alternative · 2017
They may be known for black attire and dark fascinations, but the seventh album from this Toronto nu-goth outfit radiates light. Under Your Spell instantly transfixes with the DayGlo dream pop of “One”, whose widescreen splendour evokes the synth fantasias of M83. And while “All of Nothing” retains the metallic guitar roar of the band’s early work, the song’s skittering, strobe-lit rhythms and the romantic ruminations of femme-fatale frontwoman Chibi are closer in spirit to post-EDM R&B.
Under Your Spell
The Birthday Massacre
They may be known for black attire and dark fascinations, but the seventh album from this Toronto nu-goth outfit radiates light. Under Your Spell instantly transfixes with the DayGlo dream pop of “One”, whose widescreen splendour evokes the synth fantasias of M83. And while “All of Nothing” retains the metallic guitar roar of the band’s early work, the song’s skittering, strobe-lit rhythms and the romantic ruminations of femme-fatale frontwoman Chibi are closer in spirit to post-EDM R&B.
