Kimi Kärki - Eye For An Eye (2017)

The second solo album from Kimi Kärki, Eye for an Eye, is abidingly sad — make no mistake — but ultimately it is defined by more than just its melancholy. Released through Svart Records, which also stood behind the Finland-based former Reverend Bizarre and current Lord Vicar (see also: Orne, E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr, Uhrijuhla, etc.) guitarist’s 2013 debut, The Bone of My Bones (review here), the also-cyclically-titled outing shares in common with its predecessor its heartfelt and folkish delivery, but steps further into an intimacy of songwriting and seems to bask in minimalism even as it expands Kärki‘s use of harmonized vocal arrangements, echoing spaciousness and synth on works like the centerpiece “Good Things in Life” and its finale.

Tracklist:

01 - Entangled In Pleasure
02 - Augurs Of Winter
03 - Lustful, Wrathful, Sullen
04 - Beyond Distance
05 - Good Things In Life
06 - The Load We Carry
07 - Spearhead
08 - The River Of Shadows
09 - The Last Wave