The Calcination Of Scout Niblett

back in stock! people come to emma louise 'scout' niblett for the joy of a scalding hot bath of sound amidst stark, bluesy emoting and she won't let them down this time. but something has shifted. having made herself a record or two's worth of celebration ballads and moody freakouts, she seems to be hearing that call from within to feel for other things. and so, it's time to holler inward. throughout 'the calcination of scout niblett' we see scout indeep focus. the songs string together, almost as one, her guitar growls and bites, and the black velvet of space hovers. just when the tension in the room and the filament of guitar can't glow any brighter, suddenly a band erupts, accompaniment to her vision - and then back down to scout and guitar. scout niblett continues her fruitful studio relationship with steve albini - on 'the calcination of scout niblett', even the silence sounds devastating. on drag city.