At just three tracks Liv Sin’s new acoustic EP ‘Inverted’ is just a brief glimpse into what might or could be for the artist we know best from her 13 years fronting Swedish rockers ‘Sister Sin’.
Originally recorded by Danzig, opener ‘Devil’s Plaything’ kicks things off with a certain style, it’s all dark, Gothic and brooding before the rhythm section really kicks in and lifts the song to a rockier conclusion. It’s a nice opener, sure to please fans but nothing that would suggest this EP is anything more than a nice stop-gap between full albums.
The other two songs here ‘Killing Ourselves To Live’ and the standout ‘Black Souls’ will no doubt both be familiar to fans coming from Liv’s 2017 debut album ‘Follow Me.’ Here of course they are changed considerably and both are equally compelling given an acoustic work-over, which might surprise some especially if they have heard the original fire and power particularly of the latter.
‘Killing Ourselves To Live’ builds atmospherically with piano and cello and again has those Gothics hints and in truth it’s a nice reworking but not a patch on what follows. ‘Black Souls’ has to be the real highlight here, and when you think of the metal power of the original you might have a few concerns as to how on it earth it might translate, but translate it does. Musically its so far apart from that album version, with twin guitar and bass setting the scene as the song strikes a bluesy note which actually really suits Liv’s voice. It’s great.
Fans will love this of course but at three tracks it’s hard to see the casual listener dipping in. But if you’re tempted to start with ‘Black Souls’ then check out the album.We hear a new one is on the way soon.
