Black Tape For A Blue Girl - Remnants Of A Deeper Purity
2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Repress, Orange Rust Swirl
Genres:
Darkwave and Ethereal
Record Label:
Projekt Records
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A classic darkwave masterpiece: dramatically flirts with symphonic decay. Their best seller on beautiful hand-poured 2LP vinyl. Each one is unique.
• 2025 vinyl 2LP re-release in beautiful hand-poured edition. Each one unique.
• Orange Rust Swirl, 140 gram
• Limited to 500
• 4-page insert w/lyrics & candid photos, sticker
• Remastered from original DATs
• Their 1996 breakthrough album with over 18,000 sold
• RIYL: Dead Can Dance, This Mortal Coil
Achingly beautiful neo-classical, ethereal, darkwave with long deep tones, intense vocals and rich cello and violin arrangements. 29 years since its release, Remnants is the timeless work of poets of the broken spirit; it explores the contours of the human soul in a flawless alchemical fusion of sad and majestic heartbreaking beauty.
Mesmerizing & melancholy.
The Philadelphia City Paper: Like Dead Can Dance, black tape for a blue girl dramatically flirts with symphonic decay. The music is brightly lit and subtly melodic; forlorn chords arch and bend, the drama giving way to auburn radiance.
The 77-minute album is Blacktape's breakthrough masterpiece: exquisite and stunning. Wrapped up in the emotions of betrayal and salvation, searching for the deeper fragments -- somewhere between sadness and hope -- Sam's words and harmonies weave a soft, opaque veil over a world where feeling is foremost, emotions on the surface, the heart laid bare.
The Washington Post: The 22-minute "For You Will Burn Your Wings Upon the Sun" is very much the symphonic tone poem, all straining strings and morose melody. Compositions such as "Fin de Siecle" and the title song consist primarily of crypto-classical flourishes and pseudo-churchly vocal arrangements.
musictap.net: Their greatest achievement is a great cause for celebration. This classic album is priceless.
huh magazine: The ethereal, romantic sounds of Remnants is their richest work so far: tapestries of melancholic, often neo-classical music manifest themselves amidst waves of Rosenthal's lush keyboards, haunting strings and the vocals of Oscar & Lucian.