Post punk and psychedelic blues femme fatale Sylvia Black returns from the shadows with Shadowtime, a record that feels ritualistic and sharp. Gothic textures coil around post punk urgency and new wave seduction, creating a unique world where nostalgia feels like confrontation. The album’s opening strike arrives with the single and video The Snake, a synth-driven invocation that sets the tone. Black’s beguiling vocals cut through punchy rhythms, while hypnotic countermelodies slither underneath, pulling the listener deeper into the album's spell.
Sylvia Black explains: “The album opens with the fall of mankind or the awakening and the struggle with the birth pangs to traverse into a new paradigm for better or worse. You decide. Apparently it’s a choose your own adventure and this is the story of those and their choice.”
Collapse or rebirth expreses every aspect of Shadowtime. Crafted with the support of longtime mix engineer and creative foil Ruddy Lee Cullers (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yoko Ono, Depeche Mode), the album blurs the line between past and future.
“This album is about finding beauty in ruins,” Black says. “About letting the shadows speak through me. Returning to California brought out the memory and soul of my goth-psychedelia days gone by.”
Sylvia Black is expected to make an indelible impression with Shadowtime, and The Snake is creating the right atmosphere.
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Sylvia Black
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