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The last we heard from Marissa Nadler, she was soaring through The Path of

the Clouds and it's companion EP, The Wrath of the Clouds. Now, on her tenth

official full-length record, New Radiations, she returns with a raw, intimate,

and breathtaking collection of eleven otherworldly songs.

From the first note, Nadler's lush voice and intricate fingerpicking are front

and center. She layers Everly Brothers-style harmonies over dreamlike, lonesome soundscapes-fuzzed-out distortion, Hammond organ, and ominous

synthesizers-that elevate her warm vulnerability with texture and atmosphere. Each track unfolds like a vignette of a life lived, delivering emotional

weight that resonates with quiet intensity.

Lyrically, she shape-shifts through time and space-inhabiting characters

in an airborne Cessna, a spaceship, a getaway car, and alternate dimensions.

Her storytelling is cinematic in scope and deeply personal in impact and the

contrast between sweet, catchy melodies and dark, visceral lyrics runs deep.

Whether singing from the first-person narrative or channeling these other

people, the album taps into the universality of love and loss with gravitas and

empathy.

Produced by Nadler herself and mixed by Randall Dunn (Earth, Sunn O)))),

New Radiations features subtle arrangements from longtime collaborator

Milky Burgess-woozy slide guitar, hypnagogic synthesizers, and gritty

riffs. Genre-bending yet quintessentially her own, this album freezes the

world's noise in a moment of beauty and solemnity. New Radiations is not

just another album-it's a career highlight, a testament to Marissa Nadler's

singular vision and artistry