Dark fairy tale vocals twisted into something sinister and theatrical. Hollow Mellow's Tangled Knot from 2013 reimagines four classic stories through creepy, stylized songs. "BAD END" takes Snow White and turns it into a gothic pop confession.
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"EAT ME" does Red Riding Hood with this predatory energy in the vocals, and "SPINDLE" warps Sleeping Beauty into something sharp and unsettling. Each of the four tracks gets an off-vocal version on the back half, so you can hear the instrumental arrangements stripped bare.
The compositions stand on their own without the voices. That says something. "FALL AWAY" closing things out with the Match Girl might be the most haunting of the set. Cold and fading. If you are into Vocaloid-adjacent dark fairy tale music and want something that sounds like a storybook that bites back, start here.