It feels an indictment to label someone’s work as gloomy, as though it’s something that happens and not something that’s chosen. But on her latest album, Sabbatical, Rosa Anschütz leans into goth as a genre in a deliberate way. And it’s not only because she features the cawing of crows on a track. Sabbatical is deeply atmospheric with a gloom often enveloping it.
While opening track ‘Eva’ is awash with swampy dissonance, it is a misdirect, for the gauzy effects and layers of wordless vocals hide the sharper edged sounds lower in songs.
Anschütz’s previous work touched on a variety of electronic genres from a dark folktronica to vibrant techno, now replaced by the hard thud of her post-punk bass lines and a voice pulled…

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