In 2007, Daniel Graves released the album Blood Spills Not Far from the Wound under the moniker "Necessary Response". It was a collection of songs originally intended for release on Close to Human, the debut "Aesthetic Perfection" album, but their less aggressive nature lead to their removal. At the time, his European label felt that Aesthetic Perfection should be a strictly "aggrotech" act and not confuse the scene with such a varied and dynamic record. Young and impressionable, Graves relented and allowed the label to split the band in two leading to the creation of "Necessary Response". After one record, Daniel declared the project dead and focused entirely on Aesthetic Perfection.

After nearly a decade of bitterness and regret towards what he viewed as a desecration of his artistic vision, renewed interest in the project lead Daniel to resurrect the long defunct project for a one-off concert in his hometown of Los Angeles. To prepare for the show, each song was deconstructed and rebuilt, track by track using the original recordings. Every effort was taken to stay true to the original versions while improving the sonic quality. To Daniel's surprise, the process softened him on the album and he saw his bitterness towards it wane. He found himself excited by the prospect of taking the record back and releasing it on his own terms. "Necessary Response" was indeed dead, but only in name, the songs could survive and continue on as Aesthetic Perfection, as it had always been intended. 

Blood Spills Not Far from the Wound is back from the dead! Revived with newly recorded vocals, and new artwork. Remixed, re-mastered, and lead by the unreleased B-Side "Never Enough". Also features a piano rework of "Devotion" with Lauren Krothe (as heard on Imperfect and the title track from All Beauty Destroyed). This is not your typical album re-release, it is a complete re-envisioning of the record that never was. Graves has finally brought this album back into the Aesthetic Perfection fold, bringing the band one step closer to what he's always wanted it to be.

01. Open Wound

02. Spilling Blood

03. Forever

04. Vapor

05. Tomorrow

06. Never Enough

07. For All The Lost

08. Dying In The Worst Way

09. Elements

10. Devotion

John Murphy passed away on October 11. He is best known as the percussionist of Neofolk cult icon Death in June, and as a collaborator of Current 93, NON, :Of The Wand and the Moon:, Blood Axis, Whitehouse and Ex-The Velvet Underground singer Nico, and founding member of Last Dominion Lost, Knifeladder and Shining Vril.

Being a very prolific protagonist of the UK Post Industrial scene, his instrumental contributions are audible on amazing records like Whitehouse’s Psychopathia Sexualis, Current 93’s Dog’s Blood Order, Death in June’s and Boyd Rice’s collaboration album Alarm Agents – among many others. The Melbourne-born drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist co-founded the punk band News before wandering off to the UK, eventually joining The Associates and Gene Loves Jezebel as a session member, and getting more and more involved with the blooming and fruitful scene that formed around the remains of Throbbing Gristle.

John Murphy never stopped working on music before his death. Our thoughts are with him and his relatives.

Source: www.post-punk.com

With rave reviews greeting their recent album “Depression Cherry”, along with a Top 20 chart entry, BEACH HOUSE have this weekend surprised their fans with the announcement of a brand new studio album entitled Thank Your Lucky Stars which will be released this Friday, 16th October, on Bella Union.

Of the record Beach House say:

“Thank Your Lucky Stars is our 6th full length record. It was written after Depression Cherry from July 2014 - November 2014 and recorded during the same sessions as Depression Cherry. The songs came together very quickly and were driven by the lyrics and the narrative. In this way, the record feels very new for us, and a great departure from our last few records. Thematically, this record often feels political. It's hard to put it into words, but something about the record made us want to release it without the normal "campaign." We wanted it to simply enter the world and exist.”

Beach House make their Belgium live return 3rd November in Brussels with a sold-out show at AB.

Described by the band as : Flooding the dark side of pop with sonic colors, "Skills" fluorescent electro wave brings spinning kaleidoscopic vibration to the eardrums of the listeners.

And we guess they're right, click and enjoy!

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension is an upcoming American 3D found footage supernatural horror film directed by Gregory Plotkin in his directorial debut and written by Jason Pagan and Andrew Stark. Plotkin served as the editor for the past four Paranormal Activity films.

It is the fifth sequel/sixth and final installment in the Paranormal Activity series. The film is scheduled to be released on October 23, 2015, EW has confirmed. According to producer Jason Blum, it will answer all of the questions that the series' mythology has posed up to this point.PlotThe film will follow supernatural occurrences that take place in a newly moved family's home in Palo Alto, California. The family consists of four members including Ryan, a game developer, Ryan's wife Emily, a stay-at-home mom described as 'more serious than her young husband—she's constantly on the go, does yoga, and though loving, has an air of maturity about her', their 6-year old daughter Leila, described as 'a fearless, opinionated tomboy', and Ryan's younger brother described as a 'less fit, less funky version of his brother'.

The brothers find tapes of young Katie and Kristi being taught supernatural abilities by their grandmother. Despite the video being filmed 20 years ago, Katie breaks the fourth wall by noticing the brothers' presence. They also find a camera which can see paranormal phenomena that the human eye can't see. With Leila being targeted by supernatural forces, Ryan must find a way to protect his daughter before it is too late.

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