LINGUA IGNOTA (now known as Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter)

I was just thinking she needs her own thread, as I don't go into the rolling metal thread all that much (but did pop in to see if there was any discussion specifically for this!) - glad to see someone else has had the same idea. All Bitches Die made my '17 year-end ballot, but I think after living with it for a couple of years it should've been my number one. I've been putting off Caligula because I want my first listen to be *just right* but maybe I should just fucking dive in.

it will be interesting to see if she can repeat the hat trick

I'm a bit confused by this - isn't a hat trick performing three feats in a row (e.g. goal-scoring)? What do you mean by this??

Sorry, bad choice of metaphor. I just meant that her debut felt sui generis and it’s interesting to see where an artist goes next after something like that.

Is it odd that my (positive) reaction to the first two songs on this is "it's metal PJ Harvey"?

Caligula just gets better and better. I haven't heard anything else yet this year with this kind of depth and beauty.

ogmor, you better have caught that show

oh shit. bad night to be budgeting?

Oh, I never came back to this thread after listening. The album is, of course, sublime catharsis. I wish I could've gone to the London show.

One of the, if not the best, live vocal performances I’ve ever heard. The classical training really comes through live with the power and control. And in terms of stage presence and production she just had everybody enthralled-like putty. Also I don’t usually go nuts for lighting or production values at shows but wow.

Though with the way she took control of the stage I had a strange mental disconnect. I honestly thought she was about 7’ tall and I was looking at one of the largest people I have ever seen, and it’s only when she jumped off stage and walked into the crowd I realised she is like 5’ 7.

listening to Caligula now. WOW

Also I don’t usually go nuts for lighting or production values at shows but wow.

It's incredible for such a simple setup. I'm dying to get to one of these shows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-I8FOR0mUc

This album is a lot

As mentioned on the rolling metal thread:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2871917139595911&id=1299766910144283&__tn__=-R

Cue Biden arguing that M4A wouldn't have made a difference.

Thanks for sharing the link. I will donate something.

Healthcare in the US continues to be a fucking scam.

Sent some money, about what she'd probably charge for a show. And yes US healthcare is a total fucking inhumane racket of a system.

new single "O Ruthless Great Divine Director":

https://www.adultswim.com/music/singles/20

this is maybe the platonic ideal of a Lingua Ignota song

she's 1/3 of Sightless Pit too

this is great but from how it sounds I'm assuming it came out of the Caligula sessions and wasn't deemed a good fit for the album? if she's recording new stuff (that Imagine treatment aside lol) then that's good. i guess she's said she needs cash for medical reasons - would make sense to put out another album asap

I like how 3/4 through the song they remember Greg Fox is in the room so they unleash him and he just goes ham on the rest of the track.

ahhhh that's who it is lol

I think so, I thought I heard he was going to be on the next album, so I'm not sure if this is an outtake from Caligula or if they already did some recording for #3.

Here is her cover of… 'Wicked Game':

https://linguaignota.bandcamp.com/track/wicked-game

Coming soon to a movie trailer or Netflix drama closing credits roll...

If it can bring in the big bucks, I'm all for it.

Haha wow. Covers vmic <3

Another cover… Eminem's 'Kim', of all things:

https://linguaignota.bandcamp.com/track/kim

I tend to skip the cover songs.

Get yr Caligula Demos:

https://linguaignota.bandcamp.com/album/the-caligula-demos

lol @ the second half:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XvOtx4VEpk

resurrect Portlandia with her as the main one imo

New EP out, Agnus Dei.

new album Sinner Get Ready out August 6th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YRMV7ffPpY

This one's noise/metal-free, apparently.

PUMPED

this preview track has me excited to hear the rest for sure

That song is amazing. Not sure about an entire album without noise/metal elements, though. For me the religious fire and brimstone works best as a metaphorical channelling of pain and fury and without the noise element it might not have the same personal level of catharsis.

Wow, good song.

Sinner Get Ready out today.

wow. good lord "PENNSYLVANIA FURNACE" is still so stunning

This is fairly enormous stuff

amazing. just got to the end. looked up that sample she uses, wild. https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/04/04/ohio-church-service-covid-19-pandemic-tuchman-pkg-ac360-vpx.cnn

Just purchased - if this gets even close to as good as Caligula I'll use so much hyperbole Whiney will need to make another poll.

Loved this on first listen through. Buying.

Fantastic record. Different sound-world than Caligula while also certainly 100% recognizable as being from the same artist. Great follow-up.
Boston tour date this Fall. Can't wait.

This record is incredible.

I'm gonna need a month to process this.

Liked it quite a bit.

On first listen this is way better than Caligula which I didn’t like much.

Yeah this was shared in the musicians metoo thread, horrifying read.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CkdPdEyrcAE/

retiring the project

I hope she finds some interesting new avenues to pursue. otoh, I'm very excited that I'll be seeing her perform in less than a week!

Been thinking of what to say about that statement, but basically “Fair play to ye” covers it.

Saw her kick off her US tour last night, fantastic show. It was split into two parts, the first was a medley of hymns performed on prepared piano bookended by her doing a sermon of sorts, all under the red glow of electronic candles. The hymns fit well with her overall project, but were a bit more light and simple than her original material. This part of the show ended very abruptly after probably less than 30 minutes and the house lights came on, which was very confusing because it wasn't clear if that was the entire show or not.

After about a 30 minute break, she came back and did a longer performance focused mainly on material from SINNER with a couple songs from other albums thrown in plus versions of "Katie Cruel" and "Jolene". It was pretty much everything you'd expect. Her voice was astounding, just absolutely masterful control and range, despite having to battle through some wonky mic issues, which luckily got sorted about halfway through. In this section she mostly sang to backing tracks which sounded huge and disturbing, although she did return to the piano toward the end, including a song where she created a cool drone by running a cord back and forth around a low piano string.

okay, I'm gonna do an overnight trip to Montreal for this.

Will see the Philly show, God willing.

I made it to the Lingua Ignota show in Montreal on Sunday, along with our thread-starter who I got to meet for the first time. It was wonderful. The opening was absolutely perfect. The lights went down, the room was totally dark, with a low background hum of insects buzzing and chirping. Everyone was looking towards the stage. Then there was a shuffling in the crowd next to us, and suddenly she was right there; she turned on this bright lamp and went into "O Death".

We probably had roughly the same setlist as Moodles, minus the sermon. The second set was mostly songs from Sinner Get Ready, and a few from Caligula. Some astonishing moments, especially on songs like "I Am the One Who Bends the Tall Grasses" where she shifts through so many different vocal registers.

Okay, heard the advance of this about a month back -- it's quite stirking -- so here's her new project/moniker/etc:

https://linguaignota.bandcamp.com/album/saved

STRIKING, rather. Anyway.

Separate liner notes at the site but here's the text of the accompanying mailout on Bandcamp:

Hello friends, I am here presenting my new release SAVED! under my given name, jazzed up a smidge, as I say goodnight to Lingua Ignota for the foreseeable future. I am proud of the work I’ve done with Lingy but it is time to evolve personally & artistically, & in this project you will hear tributaries followed from previously walked paths, & new directions taken entirely, yet I am what I am still.

This record is about undoing and rebuilding, the complex process of healing, made analogous to evangelical conversion. It is spartan, but there are deep & intentional reads to be found in its sonics & its messaging. It is quite unhinged. It is, at different times: funny, despairing, full of hope, and full of terror. It may not resonate with all Lingy lovers, but I hope it hits a chord with some of you. Regardless I thank you all for your support for what is and what has been.

And the accompany video/single as such

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpfxWktjEKA

yea, high christian camp is a fine direction verilie for the reverend km hayter

Lingua Ignota's msuic never really quite struck me as much as it did some of you, but I'm really into this direction

so it seems like this is basically the studio version of the medley of hymns I mentioned in my concert recap above, first track sounds great!

silly little hymns about her silly little salvation

This is pretty hilarious to me because I've been scratching my head for months over the idea that she's abandoning Lingua Ignota and going for something less personally traumatic. Like what is she going to do, maybe dabble in future pop? Was this really just a persona that she can put on and take off, because it felt really personal? But of course it's just the exact same thing, literally music she was already performing as Lingua Ignota, maybe a fraction less dark and intense than her previous albums.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWvWM52pmZE

amazing

time for an update to the thread-title too i think

SAVED! is now available

just heard it and very into it. this is good -

https://thequietus.com/articles/33521-reverend-kristin-michael-hayter-lingua-ignota-favourite-albums-bakers-dozen

those ARE cool choices, will have to check a few

this so awesome creepy Halloween music!

First track, with the volume dropping in and out... sound wobbling around (did the electricity just go out for a sec? do I need a new laptop?)... is such a damn joy.
Love this.

honestly could have done with a bit less of that, but the album is great overall

ahhh... that stuff made my day.
keeps things the right side of being a touch too trad for me, i think.