“We are the children of the sun,” sings Brendan Perry, moaning like a half-drunk Vincent Price over a strangely unsettling orchestral trip-hop groove. “There is room for everyone / sunflowers in our hair.” But this sure ain’t no freaking summer of love. Anastasis, the first studio album in 16 years from Australian duo Dead Can Dance, harnesses the brooding, multi-culti sonic perfectionism you’d expect from these highly regarded veterans (singing multi-instrumentalists Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard), with loads of glowing bagpipes and Chinese hammer dulcimer and operatic chants and ominous synths. But Anastasis is also bloated and overly precious—even at...
- 8/14/2012
- Pastemagazine.com
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You may have read about Dead Can Dance from FEARnet blogger and horror web-celeb Drew Daywalt, who cites the band as one of his biggest creative influences. Their haunting sounds have drawn legions of fans since their inception in the early '80s, but the band itself – namely founding members Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard – have been out of the public eye for many years. Now word has finally come down from Perry's official site that the duo is preparing for a major reunion tour and a new studio album. Turn the page for more info about the band and their plans for the coming year... Back in 1981 this groundbreaking group introduced their distinctive brand of ghostly, ethereal soundscapes, which became a huge...
- 5/17/2011
- FEARnet
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