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With Songs of Homecoming, The Beauty of Gemina are about to release their 10th studio album. It is an intimate record featuring well-rounded compositions that bridge the band’s early dark, electronically driven gestures and the playful acoustic nuances from recent years.

Songs of Homecoming has the character and sound of a retrospective. The early electronic darkness finds its place in songs like Whispers Of The Seasons or Countless (There’s No Home)—completing the throwback with repetitive, even monotonous lyrics. But also the blues and folk influences of recent get to spread their wings: I Call You The Sun is a melancholic ballad, and Sleeping Song features a cool groove.

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The first teaser for the album, Afterlife, is an absolute banger. Van Etten lets the band in on the creative process for the first time, and the result sounds brilliant: grand, dreamy, melancholic, but most of all, utterly beautiful.

I can‘t wait to hear the full album!