Runnner - A Welcome Kind of Weakness [Blue]

Runnner - A Welcome Kind of Weakness [Blue]Runnner's sophomore full length, A Welcome Kind of Weakness, emerged from a simultaneous tear in songwriter Noah Weinman's body and life. Written during the months spent bedridden and healing from a torn achilles and the drastic upheaval of a breakup, the 11 songs on this record are Weinman's most bracing, inviting the perceived vulnerability of the album's title willingly. But at the same time, these songs are Runnner's most present, defiant and self

string-laden album

and plenty of trouble – because sometimes

further enhanced and accompanied by her skill on multiple string instruments

he wanted to bring those influences to the fore but in a more subdued way-something that is apparent in the gentle "Comet

awe and disbelief: nobody had done anything quite like it before

Elliott lays bare a thesis of hope and healing that continues throughout the album's entirety

everything you need to get a dancehall into a complete uproar

War In My Mind

Guy is also a driving force behind Chapter Music

VÖLUR might 'just' appear to write great doom songs with an avant-garde approach using elements from folk

" - Roger Eno

while the more symphonic and melodious parts rival the work the likes of BORKNAGAR