The Scavenger Bride [FLAC & mp3]



Label: Projekt
Catalog#: PROJEKT130
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2002
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Ethereal, Ambient


Credits: Cello - Julia Kent
Electronics - Sam Rosenthal
Flute - Lisa Feuer
Percussion - Michael Laird (tracks: 3, 4, 12)
Viola - Elysabeth Grant
Violin - Vicki Richards
Vocals - Bret Helm (tracks: 3, 9, 11), Elysabeth Grant

Reviews: Listening to "The Scavenger Bride" by Black Tape for a Blue Girl is like sitting in a cathedral of mindful gloom, feeling at once melancholy and reassured. Sam Rosenthal continues to be inspired by the art of Marcel Duchamp, while author Franz Kafka serves as muse for this concept album set in 1913 Prague. The title track is a cinematic overture, a portent of the artful blending of goth, ambient and chamber music to follow. Rich, timeless vocals by Elysabeth Grant, Bret Helm, and others breathe dark life into the passionate lyrics, but it's the instrumental passages - with flute by Lisa Feuer, violin by Vicki Richards, cello by Julia Kent and electronics by Rosenthal - that burrow deep with the greatest poignancy. Comparisons with Dead Can Dance have become tiresome and inaccurate, for what Rosenthal is doing here is more original and singular in its ability to touch the listener both emotionally and intellectually.


Tracklisting:
1. The Scavenger Bride (2:45)
2. Kinski (3:30)
Dulcimer - Michael Laird
Written By [Lyrics] - Lisa Feuer
3. All My Lovers (4:02)
Mandolin - Michael Laird
4. Shadow Of A Doubt (2:32)
Written By [Lyrics] - Kim Gordon
5. The Doorleeper (1:17)
6. Floats In The Updraft (1:37)
Vocals - Athan Maroulis
7. A Livery Of Bachelors (4:20)
Acoustic Guitar, Percussion [Doumbek] - Bret Helm
Guitar [Electric] - Christopher David
Vocals - Athan Maroulis, Michael Laird
8. Das Liselottenbett (2:42)
9. The Lie Which Refuses To Die (2:49)
10. The Scavenger's Daughter (8:04)
Vocals - Martin Bowes
11. Like A Dog / Letter To Brod (10:27)
Sampler [Gong] - Steve Roach
Sampler [Percussion] - Michael Laird
12. The Whipper (1:22)
Mandolin - Michael Laird
13. Bastille Day, 1961 (5:48)