Hanne Hukkelberg's Blood From a Stone shows influence from the likes of Sonic Youth, Cocteau Twins, Pixies, and P.J. Harvey. One can also detect traces of Siouxsie and the Banshees at their most oblique and many other new wave/post punk outfits.

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On the surface, Blood from a Stone, Hanne Hukkelberg's third album, may be her most direct work so far, slotting more neatly and readily into a recognizable genre type -- call it dark, shoegazey, post-punk-derived art rock -- than either of her previous albums, and making prominent and comparatively conventional use of electric guitars, without abandoning her distinctive found-object approach to orchestration. Hukkelberg's music has always required repeated and attentive listening for the nuances ...   [ read more ]

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