MOLLY - Picturesque

Released 13th January 2023.

Austrian duo MOLLY return with their second album, Picturesque, via Sonic Cathedral.
The albums seemingly brief tracklisting belies a work of great beauty and depth, and one which turned into a one-man crusade forsinger/guitarist Lars Andersson, intertwining deeply personal stories with his love for the era of Romanticism.

Every time I go to a museum and Im about to pass through the era of Romanticism I stop in awe, says Lars of the enduring appealof the 18th century artistic movement. Whatever it is stories, paintings, music it triggers something deep within me, somethingprofoundly human.It really hits a nerve, and it utterly immerses me to a point where I cant move.

The album replicates this feeling; a gloriously over-the-top blend of Slowdive and Sigur Rs, mixed with the single-mindedness ofDaniel Johnston and the noisiness of Nirvana, its as bold and beautiful and every bit as ornate as the art t