Undertow – Octavian Winters (reviewed by Dave Franklin)

European folk tales are often dark affairs. Certainly, in the case of the Brothers Grimm, whose stories have to be massively toned down for the sensibilities of modern audiences, but also many of the fables created by Hans Christian Anderson are built on similarly tragic themes. “Undertow” is based on his story of the Little Match Girl, a bleak tale of separation and isolation that not only acts as the perfect reference point and metaphor for singer Ria Aursjoen’s commentary on the modern world but musically adds a suitable dark and raw soundtrack to the story….

Read the full review at The Big Takeover