The Opera Glove Sinks in the Sea, the eponymous debut release by Gwyneth Merner, is a haunting collection of tone-poems. Housed in a delicate, sewn onionskin jacket, the 6 tracks on this release strike a beautiful balance between ominous menace and melacholy beauty. Treated violin scrapes, the clack of a typewriter, looped voice and other found sounds are woven together to create a compelling soundscape of spooky creaks and tenebrous sibilations, but it is Merner's subtle and precise theremin playing that really helps to elevate this baby to the next plane, particularly on the piece "I Am Thinking of You," in which a deceptively simple theremin melody wrings out oceans of pathos from a few simple notes, like Eno at his most affecting. All in all, an unexpected and excellent release from a first-timer. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/The+Opera+Glove+Sinks+In+The+Sea">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.