In addition to being one of the better-titled discs of the year, Leila's "Blood, Looms & Blooms" is a remarkable sort of electronica record. It quickly establishes a distinctive abstract palette--full of dripping wet, world-tinged synths--and yet has an immediacy that makes it workable as pop.
Blood, Looms and Blooms
'Blood, Looms and Blooms' - a wonderfully vivid body of electronic based songwriting that lends itself to the dark and gothic...
Fourteen songs in total are like little, baroque, fairy tales composed in the darkest corners of her music box, featuring vocal performances from the likes of ex-Specials, Terry Hall, Martina Topley-Bird and Luca Santucci. Both formats are presented with striking sleeve art and gatefold sleeves.