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  • Summary: The latest full-length release from Berlin-based artist Anika was recorded with a band live to tape over a few days.
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
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  1. May 6, 2025
    80
    Abyss doesn’t chase innovation for its own sake – it chooses clarity over chaos, presence over posture. In doing so, Anika crafts a document that’s less about sound as spectacle and more about the quiet horror of being awake in the wreckage.
  2. May 6, 2025
    80
    The spell is strong enough that you can’t help but follow.
  3. May 6, 2025
    80
    Confrontational in ways quiet and loud, Abyss is a testament to Anika's fierce artistic independence and gift for haunting moods.
  4. The Wire
    May 6, 2025
    70
    Recorded with a wilful lack of finesse, it’s nevertheless the production that gives Abyss much of its heft and intrigue. [Jun 2025, p.48]