Oblivion Castle Explores Dark Mysteries On "Witch's Lament in the Moonlight"

As Spotify, Apple Music, and other streaming platforms have no doubt already told you, Olivia Rodrigo released GUTS last Friday. What they haven’t communicated is that another album by a 20-year-old woman whose talent far exceeds her years comes out today–Oblivion Castle’s Witch’s Lament in the Moonlight. It’s the most expansive of V.C.H.’s releases under the Oblivion Castle moniker, far outpacing the project’s first albums recorded and edited on her phone. It retains the gothic overtones of last year’s Sorcière EP and compounds them with viciousness. Though the over-the-top organs are missed, the overall air is much more dangerous–better for it.

This comes to a head on tracks like “Eclipse of Frozen Desires,” which oscillates between elegance and anarchy. These conflicting ideas exist beside each other as fluid membranes, contorting their shapes and curves in unforeseeable, albeit organic, fashion. They’re part of V.C.H’s growing confidence as a songwriter. No doubt, she’s going to experiment after releasing roughly 50 albums in three years [Editor’s Note: and that number was 38 when we interviewed her last year]. Her overall work volume is prone to inducing progressive overload. Witch’s Lament in the Moonlight is the stunning product of that work rate–a dynamic record that combines her ear for atmosphere with newfound explosiveness. It’s easily one of her best releases to date.

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Witch’s Lament in the Moonlight is out now via V.C.H. Music.