(Psychedelic Rock) Haggard (US) - Various Stages of Ice - 2013, MP3, 320 kbps

By Patrick Rapa
If I say Kerrin Pantelakis sings like a Siren, are you gonna think it’s just rock-crit speak for “She’s got a pretty voice”? Because that’s not quite it. Get out your Edith Hamiltons. I’m saying her soaring, searing vocal charms lure sailors gladly to their doom; her tempestuous moans splinter ships against the rocks. Yes, it’s pretty, but it’s also obsidian and opiate, and not just on the wailing bridges and choruses. Even in calmer moments, her voice is just a little bit terrifying — whether it’s solo, or with Meddlesome Meddlesome Meddlesome Bells, or her latest outfit, Haggard. A dark, garage-y, psych trio — at home on a playlist next to Nick Cave, Garbage and the Heartless Bastards — Haggard is ready to drop its debut record, The Various Stages of Ice. Sailors, take warning.