After Claus's stage come back in 2009, his all time favorite song "Sex Dwarf" by Soft Cell has been played live all over the world as the last song at many Leæther Strip concerts.
Many of the fans have asked for this version to be released. Guess what? This version will be released now!
As a special treat for the collectors of Claus's work, it will be a special 7" colored (RED) vinyl + a 3" CD.
The 7" will contain "Sex Dwarf" on side A and on side B you get a synth-pop cover version of the amazing Siouxsie and the Banshees song "Spellbound".
The 3" CD will also contain the 2 cover songs plus a new original Leæther Strip song titled "To Suffer Is To Live" , a song with the same 80's vibe as the 2 others. All 3 songs will not appear on any other releases so this is the only way to get a hold of them.
Tracklist
7" Vinyl:
A: Sex Dwarf (Soft Cell cover)
B: Spellbound (Siouxsie and the Banshees cover)
3" Single CD:
01. Sex Dwarf (Soft Cell cover)
02. Spellbound (Siouxsie and the Banshees cover)
03. To Suffer is to Live
Release Date 23rd June 2011
This single is self-released and information how you can obtain this one, can be found at Leæther Strip's Facebook-page
4-AD band Throwing Muses will exist this year, on 5 September that is, for 25 years.
To celebrate this event, 4-AD will launch the compilation "Anthology" and as a bonus you'll get an extra disc featuring 22 tracks (rarities and B-sides).
Kristin Hersh also announced a tour.
Erasure have today announced the second show in the UK and European leg of their forthcoming 'Tomorrow's World' tour, with news of a show at Brussels' Ancienne Belgique on November 9th.
Tickets for the show will go onsale to the general public at 11am (local time) on Friday July 1st and members of the official Erasure website will have a 24-hour presale window starting at 11am June 30th.
Excellent news coming from the Belgian gigfront as Allerseelen are added to the Blood Axis-show in Waregem at the 19th of August 2011.
A neofolk-evening you won't forget.
Tickets are available here.
Mortiis will make "Perfectly Defect" available for just one month in a Digital Audio Extended Version.
The release will be available from July 13 through August 13 only.
The extended version comes with three bonus songs, new and extended artwork, and web content.
The download from will be available through their website at a "fan" names the price" fee ($1.99 minimum).
The release will be made instantly available to anyone who buys merchandise at any of the shows on the upcoming UK/European tour. "For free, of course," Mortiis said. "Buy a shirt, get the extended download album for free."
"We have some other pretty exciting stuff happening shortly after the one- month download ends, so there’s pretty much constant movement over here these days and into the foreseeable future."
"Perfectly Defect" was released in the fall as a free digital download.
