Pseudocipher: Pseudocipher
- 11:14
- Confession
- Time
- Symmetry
- Daddys Girl
- Purgatory
- An Excerpt from Station2
- Mentor
- Embryo
- Pretty
- Purge
- Pretty2
Pseudocipher release their debut eponymously titled album of melodic Darkwave
and somber Gothic poetry. The album uses guitars sparingly as accompaniment and
focus nstead on minimal electronics as the musical base. The solo leads
switches between male and female vocals on most tracks with an occasional duet
or backing vocal. Much of the material, however, while Gothic, isn't very dark
or depressing. In fact, much of the music evokes visions of the spriteful moods
and brilliant colors of the lands of Faerie. The vocals toy with the dark
themes thereby mixing happy music with moody vocals into various shades of
Gothic grey. My only complaint with this release is that the male vocals sound
too much like David Gahan from Depeche Mode. I know he can't really do much
about the tone of his singing voice, but the resemblance is uncanny.
Contact:
Pseudocipher
P.O. Box 3967
Long Beach, CA 90803
E-mail: info@pseudocipher.com
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