From an early stage, Carla dal Forno was closely associated with the influential orbit of London’s Blackest Ever Black, through her iconic presence in projects such as F Ingers and Tarcar. It was on that very label that she stepped fully into her own artistic identity with the release of ‘You Know What It’s Like’ in 2016. A decade later – after a journey that has taken her from the fertile music scene of Melbourne to England and back to Australian, and following two more defining albums under her own name, dal Forno returns this year with the luminous ‘Confession’. With each successive release opening further cracks in the darkness of earlier years, ‘Confession’ feels like the natural continuation of ‘Come Around’ - its stripped-back synth-pop descending from post-punk refracted through the minimalism of Young Marble Giants and the pastoral dreamscapes of Virginia Astley. These are songs pared down to their essentials, built on repetitive bass lines, drifting synth figures, and a voice that carries it all with an effortless, haunted presence.