Ok, lets get this proverbial party started with a bit of introspective, insular atmospherics. Eye is the solo incarnation of the voice of Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard’s (a regular on this list) Jessica Ball. Her day job is specialising in ethereal doom but separated from her band mates she casts her net much further. You could almost say this is an Indie rather than a metal album as it certainly brings to mind early Lush (before they got swept up in Britpop) and the late lamented Mazy Star. It is a rich, opulent and Gothic record that is more than happy to show off its songwriting credentials. Potentially envisaged purely as an exercise in musical release, it has very much grown legs and purveys the potential to become its own distinct musical universe.

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