Dark Ambient Act WITHERING OF LIGHT Unveils Their New Full-Length Album 'Reliquary'.
US dark ambient act WITHERING OF LIGHT has unveiled their new full-length album Reliquary.
Reliquary is available now on digital and CD formats. Vinyl LP format tentatively due in February.
"The concept behind this album became how each of the words that are the titles took me out of the mundane everyday and put my mind in somewhat of a different state.
For instance, "Reliquary" is a vessel that contains a sacred or holy relic of some kind. We as humans fetishize objects, moments, memories. Even your mind can become a reliquary harboring the sacred, profane and otherwise. Each of these words I found carried some kind of weight, a spectral resonance (hence that title) and the sounds here are the aural embodiment of these." - Todd Janeczek
Texas Goth-Rock Band IN A DARKENED ROOM Unveils Their New Video: 'Final Vows'.
Texas goth-rock band IN A DARKENED ROOM has unveiled their new video for the song "Final Vows." This is the third single off of their debut album slated for release in 2021.
“Final Vows was written about a love lost and the realization of knowing, as things pass and change with time, they sometimes leave a trace of what was. The feeling that time may come and go, but the strongest emotions we experience leave an imprint on this world and we sometimes unknowingly search for these remnants again. The song is about feeling something special, whether it be a person or an idea, and having to say goodbye to those things and wandering the Earth wondering if you will ever find them again."
-CJ Duron
For fans of: THE CURE & DRAB MAJESTY
Absolute Body Control break their silence and start 2021 with a brand new single and music video!
With shows already confirmed in Belgium, Germany and Spain, 2020 was supposed to be the year of the return of the Belgian minimal electro cult band Absolute Body Control. Since the band went in hibernation in 2016 their return to the stage was highly anticipated, sadly the Covid 19 pandemic decided otherwise.
Realising rehearsals would be a waste of time the band decided to turn something negative into something positive. Unexpectedly they broke the silence, on the last day of this annus horribilis 2020, with a brand new track and accompanying music video! The song/title ‘Earth Takes A Break’ doesn’t need much more explanation. The video was shot in the 572 metre long iconic Antwerp pedestrian tunnel Sint-Anna, built between 1931 - 1933 and stretching underneath the river Schelde, connecting the left river bank with the city centre on the right river bank.
The images of the Sint-Anna tunnel, referred to by Antwerp residents as the ‘Voetgangertunnel’ (Pedestrian Tunnel), will look familiar to those who have been following the career of Absolute Body Control’s members Dirk Ivens and Eric Van Wonterghem as it has been featured on artwork and pictures frequently throughout their career.
Enough facts and talking! Enjoy ABC’s splendid new years gift below!
Elvis Costello, the Buddy Holly on acid, the Punk troubadour of the late nineteen-seventies, one of the most prolific and consistent artists of his generation.
To go through his canon of albums would be a long, although exciting adventure, but here we celebrate with the stand out, with the first record of his people discovered and latched onto, and one which is still listened to and love passionately “Armed Forces”.
Some have said this is one of the best albeit subtle political statements of the twentieth century, a bigger statement than one which the late Woody Guthrie would have attempted.
Wrapped in a fold back cover and front picture of elephants charging is an electrifying, rock steady album and an enigma to some albums in one that doesn't contain a dud track.
Released in January 1979, the working title says more than the given one; “Emotional Fascism”.
A daring album, one to dance to, this was the album where Elvis Costello came into his own as a songwriter, a melodic and textured work, hiding songs of a strong political nature, delivered with Costellos unique and demand to be listened to vocal.
Only two singles released; “Accidents Will Happen” the albums catchy opener and the number-two hit “Olivers Army”.
Based on a trip to Belfast, Costello being of Irish descent, “Olivers Army” remains one of Costellos most memorable songs.
The trip to Belfast opening his eyes to the young men, almost boys, armed and in uniform, from this was born his anti-occupation song.
A song about the young, working class men always sent to do the killing, name dropping along the way, apart from Belfast, ‘Checkpoint Charlie', Palestine, Cyprus and South Africa, wrapped nicely in bubblegum pop. Wether the listener knew or not is another story, but that was Costellos gift, the subtly.
The phrase 'White Nigger' remaining in the song when played on the airwaves for thirty years up until March 2013 when the BBC decided to censor the phrase, leading to a backlash as it damaged the songs intentional anti-war, anti-racisim message.
The album 'Armed Forces' produced in full by the irrefutable Nick Lowe,the 'Stiff Records' in house producer, but a notable pub-power-pop rocker similar to the style of Elvis Costello so an understanding of the sound and handling of the songs was best served by Lowe.
Although having produced the previous albums by Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe is also responsible for the production on The Damned’s first single and albums,aswell as other Stiff and associated acts. These including Wreckless Eric, The Pretenders, Dr Feelgood and of all artists Johnny Cash.
The other significant footnote of this album is it lists The Attractions as the band, although their second album with Costello, 'Armed Forces' is the first album to state them on the cover.
This artistic work is a combination of everything a record should be, no filler and a deep thinking political statement, but not one that overpowers the positivity of the album, so if you haven't heard it this is the call to dig and find it.
[Kevin Burke]
On this day, 34 years ago, Siouxsie & The Banshees released ‘Wheel’s On Fire’ (5 January 1987). It was the preliminary and first single of their upcoming all-covers album, Through the Looking Glass.
It was released by Polydor Records on 7” and 12” vinyl and climbed to number 14 on the UK single charts. Although the original song was composed by Bob Dylan, it had been said the band was not aware of this before recording the song. Apparently they decided to cover this song because they liked Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity's version released in 1968.
Wheel’s On Fire (7”)
A This Wheel's On Fire 4:04
B Shooting Sun 4:10
Wheel’s On Fire (12”)
A. This Wheel's On Fire (Incendiary Mix) 7:32
B1. Shooting Sun 4:44
B2. Sleepwalking (On The High Wire) 4:10
Wheel’s On Fire (Lyrics)
If your memory serves you well
We were gonna meet again and wait
So I'm goin' to unpack all my things
And sit before it gets too late
No man alive will come to you
With another tale to tell
But you know that we shall meet again
If your memory serves you well
This wheel's on fire
Rolling down the road
Best notify my next of kin
This wheel shall explode
If your memory serves you well
I was gonna confiscate your lace
And wrap it up in a sailor's knot
And hide it in your case
If I knew for sure that it was yours
But it was oh so hard to tell
And you know that we shall meet again
If your memory serves you well
This wheel's on fire
Rolling down the road
Best notify my next of kin
This wheel shall explode
If your memory serves you well
You'll remember that you're the one
That called on me to call on them
To give you your favors done
And after every plan had failed
And there was nothing more to tell
You knew that we would meet again
If your memory served you well
This wheel's on fire
Rolling down the road
Best notify my next of kin
This wheel shall explode
If your memory serves you well
If your memory serves you well
Songwriters: Richard Danko / Bob Dylan
