Anna Murphy - Cellar Darling (2013)

Cellar Darling is the much talked about debut release of Anna Murphy, Eluveitie frontwoman and Hurdy Gurdy player. While Eluveitie has made major waves in the folk metal pool, Cellar Darling is on the utter opposite end of the spectrum and thus a very important release which deserves the attention of the metal community despite it having a more pop/electronic/rock feel. Anna herself has preferred her coined term “Eclectica” when describing her work on Cellar Darling and given the major versatility of the album, it’s quite a perfect if not an unorthodox term!

Since there are 17 tracks on this album, I can essentially promise a novel if singularly reviewing each one, so instead I will focus on the strongest tracks on “Cellar Darling.” The album starts out with a spoken and sung interlude called “Introspection” that sets the tone for the music to come. Upon listening to every word in this introductory composition, one gets the feeling that Anna has literally put her soul into every tiny note and utterance in this album.






TRACK List

1. Introspection
2. Soundwaves
3. Lovelornia
4. Out of Control
5. Twin Flames
6. Ailurophile
7. Cellar Darling
8. Pale
9. Epic Fail
10. Woebegone
11. Red Lights
12. Sick
13. Harley Quinn
14. Breath
15. Island
16. Antihero (The End of the World)
17. Johnny Guitar