Spirit And The Bride – The Fall Of Man
A colleague sent me a link to some of his latest works today – a beautifully thought-out spatial expanse that is The Fall Of Man by Spirit And The Bride. 
I was on a serious Duran Duran listening kick but after previewing a few tracks, I instantly switched head spaces and found myself needing to review this record. This is my first official record review!
The influences of the individual band members read as modern yet sophisticated and that sums up the production and songwriting on tracks such as “Will Death Alone”, “Golden Calf”, and “Childish Mind”, each of which have their own gentle yet dark feel. At times, the record reaches into the jazz & psychedelic realms too much for my taste but the sonic landscape keeps my interest without a doubt. Additionally, fans of those genres will enjoy how Spirit And The Bride approach them.
I feel the need to know big words when I listen to these songs, and to wax poetic, and to isolate myself in a dark room – but it’s not because I wear black and like goth music, it’s because The Fall Of Man hits you in a primitive place and it picks up where some other dreamy music leaves off.
I will say that the band labels themselves as darkwave/dreampop which I think may be a bit of a disservice. I hear the genre “darkwave” and I think of Clan Of Xymox or Danse Society but I get what they’re going for.
Recommended if you like Japan, Dead Can Dance, Austra, Jeff Buckley, Tori Amos, World Of Skin - as well as jazz & psychedelia that I know nothing about so I can’t drop any of those artist names.
Wierd Playlist 10/19/11
Sleep Museum – Napal
Zero Zero – The Dream
Ziyo – Michelle
SPK – Walking On Dead Stars
White Car – The Bridge
Chris & Cosey – Deep Blue Velvet
Severed Heads – Bad Times Too
John Foxx/Louis Gordon – A Million Cars
Claps – Red Dress (Gay Beast Mix)
Silent Diane – Riverside
Void Vision – Black And White
Clan Of Xymox – Moscoviet Musquito
Opéra De Nuit – Invitation
Siekiera – Czerwony Pejzaż
Lost Tribe – Unsound
Tanit – Can An Actor Bleed?
Ultravox – The Voice
The Lucy Show – Ephemeral (This Is No Heaven)
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My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult – Do You Fear For Your Child?
Detachments – H.A.L.
The Human League – Blind Youth
New Order – Shellshock
SS-Say – Care
Near Paris – Believe Me
The Twins – Face To Face, Heart To Heart
Flesh For Lulu – I Go Crazy
Dances Of Vice Playlist 10/16/11
Joy Electric – I Am A Pioneer
Nancy Boy – Johnny Chrome And Silver
The Twins – Regret
Xeno & Oaklander – The Staircase
Aaah! – Slip Away
The Faint – Symptom Finger
White Light Lametta – Silence Is The Radio Sound
Das Ich – Destillat
Die Warzau – Strike To The Body
Ministry – We Believe
Nitzer Ebb – Getting Closer
Adult. – Nightlife
Austra – The Beat And The Pulse
Eurythmics – Sexcrime 1984
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Twin Shadow – Castles In The Snow
The Human League – Seconds
Yaz – Nobody’s Diary
Mirrors – Ways To An End
Led Er Est – Port Isabel
CCCP – American Soviets
Little Nemo – Howard Song
The Sisters Of Mercy – Driven Like The Snow
The Creatures – Godzilla
Contempt Playlist – 10/15/11
Soviet Sex – Blind Dogs
Iron Curtain – The Condos
Asylum Party – Sweetness… Of Pain
This Mortal Coil – Not Me
Interpol – Lights
Tear Garden – Judgement Hour
Skinny Puppy – Incision
Martial Canterel – You Today
White Car – A Figure In The Dark
Psychic TV – Horror House
Ministry – Over The Shoulder
Consolidated – Dysfunctional Relationship
Ohgr – Pore
Tobias Bernstrup – Surround
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Nine Inch Nails – Get Down Make Love
Depeche Mode – Strangelove
Nitzer Ebb – Hearts And Minds
The Human League – Never Let Me Go
Apoptygma Berzerk – Shine On
Joy Division – Glass
Siouxsie And The Banshees – Paradise Place
The Dossier – Another Night, Another Day
New Order – Sub Culture
