Garden of earthly delights

"With Garden of Earthly Delights, she draws inspiration from an entirely different kind of artist: Hieronymus Bosch, the Dutch painter and draftsman whose work - particularly the triptych altarpiece that is this album's namesake - has fascinated viewers for centuries. While Susanna's 13th album is not a literal interpretation of The Garden of Earthly Delights, the painting's mysterious mix of innocence, sensuality, and darkness reminded her of the complexities of life in the late 2010s and spurred her to create a richly symbolic world of her own ... Garden of Earthly Delights' wild spiritual journey is a potent reminder of her skill at bridging the past and present with frequently dazzling results".

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"After a rare regression back to covering the work of others on last year's 'Go Dig My Grave', 'Garden of Earthly Delights' is a welcome return to the thoughtful originality of 2016's 'Triangle'. That record was a sprawling and often unfocused rumination on the restless uncertainty of the human soul, a description that could easily be applied to any and all of Bosch's huge, elaborate triptychs. Gifting herself a clear conceptual anchor allows Susanna to further explore the conflict that drives human nature, without painting too far off the edge of her own canvass again".

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"Accompanied by a new, pointedly named all-female band, Wallumrød - who has also recorded solo, as Susanna and the Magical Orchestra and in collaboration with Jenny Hval - has created a discipline-straddling work. The Bosch influence predominates, but Greek mythology and Baudelaire are quoted. The twisting songs are creepy, stately and delivered in a mannered tone suggesting singing while under hypnosis ... More song cycle than anything else, the arresting Garden of Earthly Delights begs to be heard and performed in a multi-media context".

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