Music Pickup # 1: Floodland, 13 Above the Night, and Body Census

Today was a special day, I got to eat for the first time in 3 weeks! No, no that's not true, that's Jimmy's story. OK so really I got to go to my favorite used cd store today. It's quite far from my house so I only get to go every couple months, and as far as I know there aren't any more used cd stores where I live (the only stores that have cds are the stores like best buy or target, you know the ones that hardly have any good music). I managed to get a few cds there too, but sadly I couldn't find most of the bands I was looking for ( [x] - Rx, Eisenfunk, Santa Hates You, etc.), I guess lots of the bands I like are even too obscure to be found at this store.

Anyway here's a quick overview of what I think about the cds I got today.



Yep the first cd is entitled Floodland by The Sisters of Mercy. The Sisters of Mercy is a Gothic Rock band that started out in 1979 and they only had 3 studio albums and this was their 2nd one which came out in 1987 (funny thing, on the booklet it talks about what a cd is). Anyway, this is my favorite Sisters of Mercy cd ( it's the only one I have at the moment. I know, shame on me :( ). I love every song on this cd besides 1959 (it's not a bad song though). My favorite songs on this cd are Domination/Mother Russia, Lucretia My Reflection, This Corrosion, and Driven Like The Snow (I will provide links). You may think that that's a lot of songs, but I'm only naming that many because I don't think it would be right to put up 9 of the 10 songs. In closing I think this is a great cd, I wish more bands sounded like this.



This is another great cd by My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult called 13 Above the Night. It's my 3rd cd I have by them and definately one of the better ones (Crime for All Seasons is just an ok cd, but I See Good Spirits & Bad Spirits is pretty good). Thrill Kill Kult is a electronic industrial band that started back in 1987 and are still together today! They like to make their own music and then add some b movie voice clips to their songs (this band really inspired me for my music). This was their 4th cd which came out in 1994.
 This is probably the most technoish or discoish TKK cd they have and I really like it, it's probably one of their best ones, actually come to think of it, it's my favorite TKK cd. Anyway my favorite songs on this cd are Final Blindness, Delicate Terror, China DeSade, Blue Buddha, and Starmartyr. Again, just like the Floodland there are just too many good songs to name.



Ah the last cd I got, Body Census by :Wumpscut: It came with a code in the booklet which let me download some free songs! So if you get a :Wumpscut: album make sure to look through the booklet because there is probably a code that'll let you download some more songs. Anyway :Wumpscut: is a German electro-industrial band that started in 1991 and is still around today! Sadly this band doesn't tour, actually it's only 1 guy too. What's cool about :Wumpscut: is that they/he puts out a cd almost every year, and he's a DJ. He's almost living my dream job (being a DJ and a music artist, all he needs to do now is have his own club). So what do I think of this cd? I think it's ok, it's probably my least favorite cd I got today but that's because the other cds pretty much only had great songs. I do have lots of favorite songs off of this cd but I'll only name a few. I like the songs: A Beast Sleeps in You, We Believe We Believe (one of my favorite songs by :Wumpscut: ), and Ain't that Hungry Yet.

So there you have it, the cds I got today and what I think of them.
If you want to check out some of the songs on these cds here are some links (only 2 per cd), enjoy.

Floodland
Driven Like the Snow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4baio42dmY
This Corrosion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obzPPeHgHRQ

13 Above the Night
China DeSade: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne3Oubp3AF8
Final Blindness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Boy0gVTRx0

Body Census
We Believe, We Believe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmOkvLPervA
The Beast Sleeps Within You: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi7vZNHYjDo


Reminder for blog # 4 : Used cd stores are the best cd stores because you will almost always find a good cd at these stores, especially if it's an old band or a band that's not mainstream.