It’s official, this year the soundtrack to our Halloween will be the operatic prog rock and demonic post punk of Anna Von Hausswolff. New single ‘Struggle With The Beast‘ is an eight-minute-forty-four second epic beginning with the spookiest sax and hell-raising drums beckoning you to the wails of the Swedish singer/songwriter, inspired by a friend’s experience with psychosis.

“I wrote this song after a close friend experienced a psychosis. There was something unstoppable and completely disconnected about her, as if she were living and reigning in a parallel universe of some kind. She was so far away from the person I knew, as if all of her social barriers had completely dissolved. There was a new, weird brilliance to her way of communicating and being. She had no filters. I’m glad she’s back to normal today, but it made me think of how vulnerable and complex we all are, and that there are layers of unresolved trauma and unspoken truths within everyone.” Anna Von Hausswolff

‘Struggle With The Beast’ is taken from Von Hausswolff’s new album Iconoclasts which emerges from the shadows on 31st December. She will then be touring the UK/EU before playing Primavera Sound 2026. See the UK dates below:

Jan 25: Thekla, Bristol
Jan 27: YES, Manchester
Jan 28: Islington Assembly Hall, London