Anderson’s electronic instruments make the track sound as big and empty as a prairie, and her voice is beautifully droll. She makes numbness sound sexy. More here.
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Music to haunt you on Halloween
There are at least three varieties of scary songs — novelty numbers, done for laughs; songs that have dark lyrics but aren’t all that scary; and songs (“compositions” is a better word) that actually sound scary and give you the creeps. More here.