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2011 EP from the eccentric British singer/songwriter. Brumalia is an extension of Patrick Wolf's recent album, Lupercalia, and centers around the live favorite `Together' and Wolf's increasingly evident confidence as a songwriter. Fittingly, though, the songs here are harsher here, colder. The beats on the opening track `Bitten' are like a pick-axe on ice, whilst `Nemoralia' features drums like a wind-chill and Patrick howls into the dark machinations of the track like his name-sake quadrupeds. `Together' stands out as the lead track and has been thoroughly resplendent in his recent live performances; bolshier and more confident than when he toured prior to the album's release. It holds Brumalia together thematically; a collection of chilling drumbeats, lyrics about driving into the winter sun (`This Time of Year'); the strings and horn section buoying the tracks with that unfettered optimism that seems so characteristic of Patrick Wolf circa right now.