#asylum lullabies

Lebanon Hanover have always operated on their own terms, and Asylum Lullabies makes no concessions to accessibility. The album opens with “Pagan Ways” — abrasive, sparse, a warning to the unprepared. From there, the duo deposits eight tracks of baffling variety before disappearing back to whatever dimensional plane they inhabit. “Sleep” arrives with an infectious beat and hypnotic synths, Larissa Iceglass murmuring “let’s go back to bed” on the edge of slumber. “Frosty Life” belongs to William Maybelline, his deep sonorous dirge trickling slowly like melting ice in a grim deep winter. “Waiting List” cuts angular and uptempo — Iceglass reflecting grimly on needing therapy while still on the waiting list, over an electro beat that ends too fast. “My Love” is the one that will follow you home — a phenomenally catchy dark 80s pop ballad, the kind Lebanon Hanover seem to write by accident. Asylum Lullabies closes in “Parrots,” a crazed obsessive outburst that bookends “Pagan Ways” perfectly. Released July 9, 2025 via Fabrika Records. Outstanding.

In the shadowed territories where authenticity becomes its own form of rebellion, Lebanon Hanover continues their uncompromising journey through the darker corridors of electronic music. Asylum Lullabies, their latest offering through Fabrika Records, stands as a testament to a duo committed to their own unsettling vision, regardless of conventional appeal or commercial comfort. The album opens with “Pagan Ways,” a deliberate warning shot of abrasive, sparse noise that serves as both invitation and deterrent. This is Lebanon Hanover at their most uncompromising—Larissa Iceglass and William Maybelline crafting soundscapes that feel less like songs and more like transmissions from some parallel dimension where conventional melody has been abandoned in favor of pure emotional archaeology. “Sleep” offers a momentary reprieve, its infectious beat and hypnotic synths creating a cocoon of sound while Iceglass murmurs the album’s most practical advice: “let’s go back to bed.” Her voice carries the weight of someone perpetually on the edge of slumber, each word delivered as if consciousness itself were a burden too heavy to bear. The album’s centerpiece, “My Love,” emerges as an unlikely anthem—a phenomenally catchy dark 80s pop ballad that demonstrates the duo’s ability to craft hooks when they choose to. Here, their experimental tendencies serve melody rather than subvert it, creating something that feels both accessible and authentically theirs. Throughout Asylum Lullabies, Lebanon Hanover maintains their reputation for creating music that feels both deeply personal and deliberately alienating. “Waiting List” captures the grim reality of seeking therapy in an overburdened system, while “Frosty Life” trickles slowly like melting ice in the depths of winter, Maybelline’s deep voice providing a sonorous dirge against the cold. The album concludes with “Parrots,” a descent into crazed obsessive ranting that bookends perfectly with the opening’s cacophony. Lebanon Hanover emerges from whatever dimensional plane they inhabit, deposits eight tracks of baffling variety, and disappears back into the noise—leaving listeners to navigate the strange territories they’ve mapped between consciousness and dream, therapy and madness, love and isolation.