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Swedish composer and musician Anna von Hausswolff<\/u><\/a>\u2019s new collaboration with Ethel Cain<\/u><\/a>, \u201cAging Young Women,\u201d<\/u><\/a> hits on that universal sore spot: time.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On the epic track, von Hausswolff returns to a central refrain, \u201cWe’re getting older by the hour\/Every year we have more fear,\u201d singing of this general truth with the urgency and pain of a specific heartbreak. Sorrow, may be too simple of a word to describe the feeling the song evokes, though; Awe, may be the word that this roaring track brings up, as the two singers\u2019 words are surrounded by a swell of guitars, strings and driving drums. <\/p>\n The track is a standout song from von Hausswolff\u2019s forthcoming album, ICONOCLASTS <\/em>out October 31 via YEAR0001, von Hausswolff\u2019s music has spanned epic organ yarns to the churning stuff of rock music (though still within an orchestral ambience). Throughout the record, von Hausswolff and co-producer Filip Leyman<\/u><\/a> create a world that is both vast and detailed. <\/p>\n The musical layers add up to a song that feels as huge as a mountain, but also as intimate as a small, warmly lit room. The inclusion of Ethel Cain, whose voice cuts through thick bramble of sound like a perfect blade, only adds to the song\u2019s piercing quality.<\/p>\n PAPER<\/em> chatted with von Hausswolff about her collaboration with Cain, creating ICONOCLASTS<\/em>\u2019<\/em>s sonic world and what inspired this moving song.<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
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