The great thing about Golem Dance Cult, or, I should say, one of the many great things, is that although their music might vary in velocity and volume, vibrancy and veracity, it always seems other, outsider, odd. And, that is in no way a criticism…odd is good, it is the opposite of predictability, the counter attack to the same old same old, odd is original, odd is it’s own thing.
Taken from their album Shamanic Faultlines, “Pretty at Dawn” features Inga Liljestrom’s whispered, sinister yet beautiful vocals and the brooding presence of Jean-Philippe Feiss’s cello. And the result is a song that echoes with the sort of otherworldliness and dark design of Bauhaus or Nick Cave and Warren Ellis writing the soundtrack to a Hammer Horror movie.
It seems to stalk the listener, coming creeping through the darkness rather than engaging you in any conventional sense, a sonic spectre drifting through your consciousness. It’s also a song built as much from electric and even eclectic atmospheres and space as from beat, and the sweeping grandeur of the cello. The result is a soundscape perfect for musing on the nature of relationships and wondering what you might find if you look below the surface. It’s a reminder that, from time to time, we should all take a long, hard look in the mirror… not easy if you are a vampire!
And with an accompanying video that is as minimalist, stark, and suggestive as the song itself, one directed by Dali and coloured by Andy Warhol himself, Golem Dance Cult has put together the perfect creative one-two.
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