London After Midnight - Selected Scenes From The End Of The World

Artist: London After Midnight
Album: Selected Scenes From The End of The World
Genre: Darkwave/Goth
Country: United States
Year: 1995

Again I bring forth a fantasic album made by a sexy Goth, but this time...a man?!? Yes, Sean Brennan from London After Midnight and one of his finest works, Selected Scenes From the End of The World. Although it sounds gloomy and makes you think, "How appropriate, Amanda", it's more of a get-laid easy album.

Lovingly crafted songs, all with spooky overtones and sexual undertones and vice versa. It's perfect for when trying to get lucky with a nice pierced-up guy or girlie in all black, or for on Halloween. Artistically I adore this album since the day my friend Matt shoved it down my throat.

Sean Brennan himself is what I describe as Marilyn Manson's good yet very very distant cousin through marriage. Creepy music, but LAM is less far generic and Sean focuses more on social issues and human emotion rather than shock value and what will become the latest single, and Sean is a vegan and a Bush-hater (My kind of man ;O). Also Sean's much more attractive. Marilyn Manson is just fucking ugly.

At the same time, he hates labels feeling it is 'artistically restricting'. A respectable viewpoint but from where I stand it is somewhat opressive and annoying to an extent. The album itself is a gem, fair quality, and for eight tracks it's only about 40MB which enables faster downloading (this time I managed to upload it to Megapupload and Mediafire, just for you.)


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Emilie Autumn - Your Sugar Sits Untouched

Artist: Emilie Autumn
Album: Your Sugar Sits Untouched
Genre: Other
Country: United States
Year: 2005

Oh lawdy, the first post of my brand new music blog. Usually you would think I would leave the debut post to include a musical album but in this case I say "NEIN!". Obviously I am a huge Emilie fangirl, and sometime ago I found her very rare all-poetry album. :D

If you've heard any of her music it focuses on literature, society, philosophies, idealogies, history, et cetera. Her poetry however focuses more on a personal level and lets you inside her mind in an emotional sense which is in some ways uncommon, unless you're one of those fans who sits all day on your Internet interpreting every lyric through petty message forums and second-rate websites.

Now when I say emotional I don't mean in any way that she goes on a whining spree. It's in fact a suitable album for when you're in an artsy mood on a day where it's pouring outside. Recommended especially for fans of literature and Shakspeare (she has written a few sonnets and recorded them onto this album). Personally I think she's a lot more talented compared to the likes of more popular modern-day artists (anyone ever seen that skank Tila Tequila perform on electric violin and harpsichord?).

Sometimes it can get a little cheesy, but that's poetry for you. She also has little bits of music in the background during tracks (usually harpsichord, electronic sounds, et cetera) that contribute a sound befitting the tone of the lyrics.

Amanda's Rating: 4.5/5

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