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Anika

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Annika Henderson has developed into one of the most grab-you-by-the-throat voices in contemporary post-punk — a singer with all the right influences (think Nico if she had the good sense to be into Grace Jones, or Ari Up covered in a fine layer of frost) who then synthesized them into some stunning collaborative dubscapes. Her first big statement was backed by Geoff Barrow’s kosmische-dub reverb wizards BEAK> — not the last time the Portishead alum would show up on Stones Throw — and balances staggering covers of icons like Yoko Ono (“Yang Yang”) and Bob Dylan (“Masters of War”) with nervy originals unafraid to evoke the more disquieting bits of early ’80s pre-Factory DIY.

Nate Patrin

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