Rome - To Die Among Strangers (EP) [2009]

1 To Die Among Strangers (4:14)
2 Reversion (Edit) (4:45)
3 Wir Götter Der Stadt (Edit) (5:16)
4 Mourir A Madrid (9:15)

News from the orchards of ROME. With their works inspired by expressionist literature and the feeling of departure of the early 20th Century, ROME has made quite a name for itself in the european underground.

Within only 3 years ROME have released their debut EP and three full-length albums. ROME’s music is steeped in melancholy, loss and despair and a sacred solitude that is defined by the detachment from all political and religious systems.

As a teaser to the upcoming album ROME now announces the release of the EP „To Die Among Strangers“, limited to 999 copies and sold only via mailorders. The EP features a single from the album, the remixes of two classic ROME tracks „Reversion“ und „Wir Götter der Stadt“ and an exclusive dark ambient track which perfectly evokes the theme of exile so characteristical of the upcoming album.

ROME proves yet again that they have created a unique brand of apocalyptic folk with subtle lyrics, a haunting voice, melodic guitar work and a sound coming from the nebulous depths of European history.

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Naevus - Relatively Close To The Sea [2008]

1 Relatively Close To The Sea (4:27)
2 Traffic Island (3:56)
3 Meat On Meat (5:19)
4 The German (6:48)
5 Dented Mess (2:28)
6 The Troubadour (4:02)
7 Go Grow (17:40)
8 Relatively Close To The Sea (Reprise) (0:43)

For the sixth Naevus album, Relatively Close to the Sea, Lloyd James (voice, acoustic guitar, keyboards) and Joanne Owen (bass, accordion, keyboards) joined by their regular drummer John Murphy (Knifeladder, Shining Vril). The album also features contributions from Greg Ferrari (Womb) on electric guitar, Joanna Quail (SonVer) on cello, Matt Howden (Sieben) on violin; and Arthur Shaw (Cutty Sark) on keyboard. Dominic O’Connor (eulogised in Silent Life’s ‘Dominic Song’) is there in spirit – the album includes a cover version of one of his compositions, previously unreleased in any form. Many of the tracks here have already been performed live in recent Naevus festival appearances, notably ‘Meat On Meat’, which is close in temperament to the preceding album Silent Life. However, the remainder of the tracks on offer branch out in a range of other directions; ‘Dented Mess’ harks back to the existential pop elements of Truffles of Love; ‘The German’ is a dalliance with Schlager-esque murder balladry; while the title track itself combines slide guitar and lo-fi synths with the Naevus band sound. The centrepiece of the album, and Naevus’ greatest recorded work to date, is the 18-minute ‘Go Grow’, takes the progressive influences that have been present in Naevus since the beginning (Hawkwind, Pink Floyd, etc.) and weds them with soaring cello and John Cale-esque piano pounding to produce a sublime epic. Relatively Close to the Sea is packaged in a digipak with 12 page booklet including lyrics.

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Lifelover - Konkurs [2008]

01. Shallow (6:27)
02. Mental Central Dialog (3:59)
03. Brand (4:17)
04. Cancertid (4:56)
05. Konvulsion (3:13)
06. Twitch (3:21)
07. Narcotic Devotion (4:19)
08. Alltid - Aldrig (4:30)
09. Stangt p.g.a Semester (5:52)
10. Original (3:19)
11. Bitter Reflektion (5:13)
12. Mitt Annexia (3:22)
13. Spiken I Kistan (5:19)
14. En Tyst Minut (1:00)

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Joyless - Wisdom & Arrogance (re-release) [2006]

1 Divine (4:30)
2 Close To God (4:52)
3 Stand (2:59)
4 Isn't It Nice (4:08)
5 The Nails (2:54)
6 Transpire (2:38)
7 Why Should I Cry? (5:20)
8 Trust Endorse (2:59)
9 Room Of Velvet Splendour (8:47)
10 Fullfillment And Entity's Embraced (4:07)

Re-release with a bonus track by No Colours Records in September 2006.

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