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BOO!

by Merlin Nova

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BOO! 00:10
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woah there 00:07
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Set in Stone 03:21
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spoilt 02:13
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peek-a-boo 04:17
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Boooooo 00:36
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brain fart 04:58
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Boo Hoo 04:07
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Hey-yeH 02:43
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about

BOO! is artist Merlin Nova’s debut album. This experimental electronic album combines Nova’s choral and theatrical background. Nova’s vocals metamorphose into different ‘characters’, sound effects set the scene and conjure images and, a ‘Greek chorus’ offers a commentary on the action. The album is in conflict, it’s a discussion; a response to contemporary politics and culture BOO! raises questions around what role we play.

BOO! is a progression on from Nova’s EP Protect Your Flame (Blank Editions, 2018), her dramatic style is taken several steps further and a rhythmic element now finds itself secure within her sonic aesthetic. Nova’s vocals shape-shift throughout, her experimental vocals have previously featured on Felicita’s a new family (PC Music), Ben Vince’s Assimilation (Where To Now?) and Mr TC’s Surf & Destroy (Optimo). The track peek-a-boo was first played on Black Midi’s NTS Variety Hour, who she supported at The Windmill Brixton earlier this year. The album carries the spirit of her live performances, which have been referred to as an “ecstatic energy blast”. As well as her solo project she has played with post-punk group This Is Not This Heat and improv-skronk quartet DATA QUACK (with Charles Hayward, Ben Vince & Pascal Colman). Nova concludes BOO! with bonus track A Joyful Heart; the tone of this song dramatically differs to the rest of the album. BOO! is a startling debut.

credits

released September 10, 2020

Written, performed, recorded & mixed by Merlin Nova
Percussion on tracks 10&14 recorded at Snorkel Studios by Frank Byng
Mastered by Amir Shoat
Photography by Lewis Hayward

BOO! graphic by Merlin Nova
CD Design by Riley Hayward

Thanks to Riley, Lewis, Sunniva, Keiran and George & Joe at YT x

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