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A Danger To Ourselves - LP - White
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09/05/2025
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Indie Exclusive. UPC: 747742387296 Lucrecia Dalt's A Danger to Ourselves is a daring yet intimate reflection on the unfiltered complexities of human connection. Stripping away fictional narratives present on the artist's last several album endeavours, A Danger to Ourselves arrives from a place of emotional sincerity. Sonically unravelling like a deeply personal conversation, Dalt's voice is focal , supported by a lush array of acoustic orchestration and percussive instrumentation, and an esteemed cast of collaborators. Dalt, born in Pereira, Colombia, was raised in a family of music enthusiasts who encouraged her to pick up a guitar when she was nine. Dalt followed this creative impulse, becoming fascinated with computer-based production and leaving a burgeoning career as a civil engineer, moving from Medellin to Barcelona and ultimately Berlin, where she developed her distinctive, adventurous sound. Her work has spun into increasingly accomplished terrains with Anticlines (2018) and No era solida (2020), and notably, !Ay! , Dalt's 2022 breakthrough sci-fi bolero album. Along the way, Dalt expanded her practice into scoring for films like On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024), HBO series The Baby (2022), and the forthcoming psychological horror Rabbit Trap , while creating sound installations and performances that showcase her luminous modulations and distinctive, evolving vocal approach. A Danger to Ourselves emerged from fragmentary declarations Dalt scribbled while navigating life on tour for ! Ay!, and the formative moments of a new relationship. She began crystallising these intimate fragments into musical compositions in January 2024, giving gradual form to a purposeful constellation of songs. The album's sonic architecture builds upon dynamic drum loops provided by collaborator Alex Lazaro, whose percussive backbone, as on !Ay! , became a canvas for Dalt's layered vocals. Rather than fol...