
Hushed Slovak avant-pop steeped in horror cinema and dream logic
Based in London, United Kingdom · From Slovakia
Petra sings in a soft, close-miked voice over sparse guitar, piano and vaporous electronic detail. Songs such as Zeppelin move patiently like dark ballads, using silence, repetition and enveloping ambience rather than big rhythmic peaks.
Petra Firbasová first released music as 5etra while living in Amsterdam, then relocated to London and shortened the project name. Her writing joins the confessional art-pop lineage of Fiona Apple and Lana Del Rey to imagery taken from psychological horror, surrealism and her Slovak upbringing.
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