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That softness made the slightly bright electric piano throughout Kathryn Joseph’s ‘What Is Keeping You Alive Makes Me Want To Kill…’ [For You Who Are Wronged; Rock Action Records ROCKACT144; 44.1kHz/24-bit] more palatable, and ensured it was easier to focus on her smooth-sounding vocals. This Scottish songwriter’s carefully delivered, often personal, lyrics deserve a direct listen, which is precisely what the S7t Limited Editions encouraged, echoing her minimalistic but very effective performance on stage at Antwerp’s De Roma theatre earlier in 2025.

With emotionally charged music in this vein, Perlisten’s floorstanders are in their element. Elsewhere, though, they gave a a meaty rendition of ‘Hertan’ on Birna [Norse Music 19802848222; 48kHz/24-bit] from Norwegian multi-instrumentalist group Wardruna. Fairly spatial and three-dimensional, as all historically inspired ‘ethnic’ music seems to be, once again the focus here was more on power and immediacy than on filling the listening room from top to bottom. Still, it easily carried me back to the time of the Vikings, which is the point of this band’s songs. Now, where’s my axe?

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