Hilary Woods' 'Birthmarks' - "a disquieting but nonetheless compelling collection"

Irish singer-songwriter made her album 'Birthmarks' while heavily pregnant, using field recordings, synths, cello, and saxophone to create "an eerie, crackling record" with "substance", Brooklyn Vegan says. The Irish Times hears Woods venturing "further down the rabbit hole of experimentation, resulting in challenging but thought-provoking sonic soundscapes". Treble likes it the most perhaps: "Woods has fleshed out her ghostly, gothic folk into something bigger and heavier, informed as much by noise and industrial music as darkwave or neofolk... At times these feel less like songs, more like visceral, primal experiences".