Name: Look Up Sharp
Brand: Carla dal Forno

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KALLISTALP001

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Black

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[r14269486]

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2019-10-18

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5055869593939

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Artist

Carla dal Forno

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Electronic

Label GB

Kallista Records

Carla dal Forno is an Australian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She has made a name for herself as a member of the groups F ingers and Tarcar, and was previously part of the cult Melbourne outfit Mole House.

With her unique blend of haunting vocals and experimental soundscapes, Carla dal Forno has captivated audiences around the world. Her music draws inspiration from a diverse range of genres, including post-punk, electronic and ambient music.

If you enjoy artists such as HTRK, Anika, Exploded View or Jenny Hval, then you are sure to appreciate Carla dal Forno's mesmerizing compositions. Her introspective lyrics combined with her atmospheric melodies create an immersive listening experience that will leave you wanting more.

Carla dal Forno is back with her much anticipated second full-length album, Look Up Sharp, on her own Kallista Records. Dal Forno beckons a bold new era in her peerless output pushing her dub-damaged DIY dispatches to the limits of flawless dream-pop. In a transformative move towards crystal clear vocals and sharpened production, Look Up Sharp is an evolutionary leap from the thick fog and pastoral stillness of her Blackest Ever Black missives, You Know What It’s Like (2016) and The Garden EP (2017).

Three years since her plain-speaking debut album, the Melbourne-via-Berlin artist finds herself absorbed in London’s sprawling mess. The small-town dreams and inertia that preoccupied dal Forno’s first album have dissolved into the chaotic city, its shifting identities, far-flung surroundings and blank faces. Look Up Sharp is the story of this life in flux, longing for intimacy, falling short and embracing the unfamiliar. Dal Forno connects with kindred spirits and finds refuge in darkened alleys, secret gardens and wherever else she dares to look. In her own territory between plaintive pop, folk and post-punk dal Forno conjures the ghosts of AC Marias, Virginia Astley and Broadcast through her brushwork of art-damaged fx and spectral atmospheres. The first half of the record is filled with dubbed-out humid bass lines, which tether stoned hazes of psychedelic synth work as on Took A Long Time and No Trace. These are contrasted with songs like I’m Conscious and So Much Better that channel the lilting power of Young Marble Giants and are clear sequels-in-waiting to dead-eyed classics like Fast Moving Cars.

Look Up Sharp

Music GB

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