A Dead Forest Index

An atmosphere-driven, sibling-led nomadic pop duo based out of Auckland, New Zealand, A Dead Forest Index cite a wide range of influences, including William Blake, <a href="spotify:artist:04tBaW21jyUfeP5iqiKBVq">Scott Walker</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0IwlY33zbBXN7zlS9DP2Cj">Nico</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:79S80ZWgVhIPMCHuvl6SkA">Swans</a>, and Romanian lăutari troupe <a href="spotify:artist:7uY0wFgVFV3koB6SwgZmCe">Taraf de Haidouks</a>. Founded by brothers Adam and Sam Sherry, the project began in 2008 as a solo vehicle for the former, with Sam joining the fold in 2010. Adam's androgynous, otherworldly voice, which invokes <a href="spotify:artist:4fxp616ALtFWnXfwxnjLzW">Antony and the Johnsons</a>, early <a href="spotify:artist:7mlge4peaoNgzTsY6M32RB">Marianne Faithful</a>, and the aforementioned <a href="spotify:artist:0IwlY33zbBXN7zlS9DP2Cj">Nico</a>, is bolstered by multi-instrumentalist Sam's inventive production work, and the overall effect suggests a steady diet of early 4AD bands like <a href="spotify:artist:6sq7prp0tj9Abn89khmfja">Dead Can Dance</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5N5tQ9Dx1h8Od7aRmGj7Fi">Bauhaus</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:5OK8j1JnhoBlivN32G7yOO">This Mortal Coil</a>. Between 2012 and 2014, the duo honed their sound on the road and issued a pair of EPs, Antique and Cast of Lines, the latter of which arrived via <a href="spotify:artist:2WOMBqEsllg2ICn7D2L8ta">Jehnny Beth</a> of <a href="spotify:artist:1WFsBUAgQmrGQQEUyFKS60">Savages’</a> <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Pop+Noire%22">Pop Noire</a> label. The band's much anticipated full-length debut, the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Sargent+House%22">Sargent House</a>-issued In All That Drifts from Summit Down, followed in 2016. ~ James Christopher Monger, Rovi