Name: Skullcrusher
Brand: Skullcrusher

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

SC408LP-C1

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Colour

Clear

Colour details

Cloudy Clear

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2020-10-23

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

656605040844

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Total Cap

1 / 12" / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / clear

Artist

Skullcrusher

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Secretly Canadian

<p>Skullcrusher is the alias of Helen Ballentine, a talented songwriter based in Los Angeles. With her unique blend of folk and indie rock, Skullcrusher captivates audiences with her hauntingly beautiful melodies and introspective lyrics. Drawing inspiration from personal experiences and emotions, she creates music that resonates deeply with listeners. Whether performing solo or collaborating with other artists, Skullcrusher's distinctive sound leaves a lasting impression. Discover the enchanting world of Skullcrusher and immerse yourself in her captivating musical journey.</p>

Skullcrusher is, by all accounts, an exploration of the ways you become yourself when you aren’t looking – and how that feels once you start paying attention. It’s a quiet power; a hushed celebration of the tiny, understated subtleties that culminate into knowing yourself. On her debut EP, songwriter Helen Ballentine offers an airy, intense, and unflinchingly open collection of songs written about – and from – one of life’s in-between gray areas, a stretch of uncertainty and unemployment, and the subsequent search for identity. Here, as Skullcrusher, Ballentine grapples with how to communicate her private self to an audience.

The four dark, dreamy songs on her debut EP were influenced by a strange-but-fitting amalgamation of media consumed in the immediate aftermath of quitting her 9-5. There’s Valerie and her Week of Wonders, the Czech new-wave film that went on to inform Skullcrusher’s aesthetic. There’s Ballentine’s love of fantasy and surrealism, her appreciation of the way fantasy novels juxtapose beauty and violence.

Skullcrusher’s understated energy radiates with the atmosphere of waking up to the quiet terror of shapeless, structureless days, but it finds power in eschewing the pressures of careerism and a vapid culture of productivity. Instead, as Skullcrusher, Ballentine has the audacity to be comfortable enough with herself, and to simply accept the unknown as her life.

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