Name: Black Dog
Brand: Gazelle Twin

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

INV305LP

Colour

Clear

Colour details

Frosted Clear

Discogs ID

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Housed in a Deluxe Datefold Sleeve with Double Sided Insert

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-10-27

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5051083195140

Total Cap

Clear LP

INV305CD

Housed in a Spined Wallet with 16 Page Booklet

5051083195157

Artist

Gazelle Twin

Genre GB

Electronic

Label GB

Invada

Gazelle Twin, the stage name of Elizabeth Walling, is a British musician hailing from Brighton. With a unique blend of electronic and experimental music, Gazelle Twin has captivated audiences with her haunting vocals and thought-provoking lyrics.

Drawing inspiration from a diverse range of genres such as industrial, darkwave, and avant-pop, Gazelle Twin's sound is often compared to artists like Esben and the Witch, Zola Jesus, and Forest Swords. Her music explores themes of identity, technology, and societal issues in a captivating and thought-provoking manner.

With an impressive discography that includes albums like "Unflesh" and "Pastoral," Gazelle Twin has established herself as one of the most innovative voices in contemporary music. Her performances are known for their intense energy and visually striking aesthetics, making each live show an unforgettable experience.

Invada Records was formed in 2002 by Geoff Barrow, Ashley Anderson, and Redg Weeks. Geoff and Ashley have been collaborating since 1998 and decided to establish the label together. In 2003, Geoff started Invada Records UK, focusing on developing a roster of artists from the UK that would also be released in Australia. As the label continues to grow, Invada is expanding its distribution network worldwide.

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In her three studio albums to date, Gazelle Twin has looked out: out at cities, out from a tormented body, out at the squirming guts of rural Britain, but on her first album for new label, Invada Records, she turns her gaze inwards. Black Dog is an album about confronting fear, and the expectation that the things that lurked in the darkness when you were a child will disappear as you become an adult.Black Dog tells a story that unfurls like a film. It addresses how our childhoods shaped our adulthoods: how any sense of trauma and grief is burnished onto a person’s memories forever, however much we try and escape it. Black Dog suggests how these feelings return in particular intensity when a person becomes a parent, as they watch themselves pass things on that they wish they hadn’t, wish they wouldn’t.

In some ways, Bernholz is purging herself on this album. Unlike her masked characters for previous releases, her face is recognisable and, she explains, she is “not as removed this time” from her persona. She is imagining herself as a medium for the voices inside herself, rather than looking out to displace them with other ideas. She emerges huge and godly as she does so, her voice moving from delicate tenderness to doom-driven power.

This is an album where old stories have to be pillaged, digested, and regurgitated to write new ones, where we have to question ourselves utterly. Black Dog looks back and looks in and looks back and looks in. We enter as we listen. We turn ourselves inside-out altogether.

Black Dog

Music GB

Discover Black Dog by Gazelle Twin. A powerful album about confronting fear and the lasting impact of childhood trauma. Released by Invada Records. Vinyl records available.