A Box Painted Black

paper dollhouse is the work of astrud steehouder; dark minimal gothic folk which comprises haunting vocals, acoustic guitar, effects pedals, found sounds, slide projector and minimal electronic atmospherics. her debut album 'a box painted black' is released this winter on bird records, the femme-folk off shoot of the finders keepers family. inspired by early 60s electronic pioneers delia derbyshire and eliane radique, bleak british television soundtracks, minimal dark electronica, scott walker, arthur russell, christine harwood and france gall, the music combines simple folk songs with environmental and electronic textural sounds and visuals to create a pared down, beautiful experience.