listen, girl of nightmares, to the coyotes’ midnight gloom stretching belly up, rapid paw, mouth & mouths wet & waiting, waiting for the milky sliver of nightbone. listen to the creaking pulse from the hefty hens above you retching the venom of rancid seedlings & weekend tissue, scratching the blood-painted wall with a tethered claw, a quill of nightbone sent on the chill of the dark wind’s shoulder, or, enshrined in the frozen wooden alcoves of this simple dwelling, an infant canine tooth, marking the tallies of the biddies in their hours of ecstasy, their grand old cockerel pumped & springing into life. / you’ll never sleep again. / you’ll never sleep again. / listen to your rusted gears, to the grumbling innards you clench with a sweaty fist, having been warned, partook of the milky night bone, cheek ruddy & brimming with hot salty broth, that smoke-boiled ivory, & swam in its silken waves belly up, rapid paw, each of your blushing curves surfacing into the afterglow, pink dormant islands on which ancient settlers once quarried the steaming surface to discover the secrets of the terrain & found a dying colony, afflicted with ulcerations, its pearly soldiers attacking each other, degenerates, mad & raving, disemboweling
their brothers, burning the armor to forge steel towers, shrapnel gardens, monuments to a spent battleground, slash & burn, foul & forgotten. listen to the whispers of the wailing mothers beseeching the pale nightbone for her gossamer shroud: conceal the angry reds. (you were warned.) / you’ll never sleep again. / you’ll never sleep again. / put out the eyes with coins parlayed from the sun’s foolish gambles, cover the ears, stamp the seventh seal upon their foreheads & be mindful: you shall never again sleep, strung out sister, libertine, lotus eater modest & mean; the brilliance of the cool night hums on.
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Stunning album and artist. Dark love. The best dark vibes in genre. I prefer the first works because they are darker than the last. We're waiting for her come back. Get well soon. raulmori
Cinematic-scale goth from Reflection Black with catchy melodies, dreamy synths, punchy rhythms, and a sense of timelessness. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 21, 2023
A killer re-release of a rare solo post-punk LP from 1988 by the frontman of Taste of Decay and Garden of Pleasures. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 17, 2022
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nice album! Strong vocals in the vein of Sisters of Mercy, Fields of the Nephilim maybe, mixed with Duane Eddy ish twang! Brilliant combo for a soundtrack for driving determined on an empty western Highway towards an uncertain fate. router