Sunday Bandcamp: Rupert Lally's Stephen King Aural Interpretations

I think calling Rupert Lally's Where the Dark Speaks a 'Stephen King' tribute is both accurate and an understatement. In the notes for this record (which you can read in full HERE), Lally beautifully states, "Stephen King's books took me to places so vivid it seemed like I'd actually been there," and when you listen to the tracks on this record, the depths of Lally's travels into the Kingverse show. However, the record also completely stands on its own as a beautiful little slice of atmosphericic Heaven, perfect for October and the Halloween run-up. 

But back to the King...

All the songs on Where the Dark Speaks are named after places from King novels - whether it's the Marsten House from Salem's Lot, the Overlook Hotel from The Shining, or, from a more recent novel, The Institute, from King's 2019 novel of the same name, these tracks submerge you in Lally's imagination's interpretation of King's work, and it's glorious!

Finally, look at that cover art, by Eric Adrian Lee - wow! Check out his website, too, for more glorious retro and wholly original visual landscapes.

Sunday Bandcamp: Turquoise Moon - Midnight Demon

For our second installment of Sunday Bandcamp, I'm sticking with another Spun Out of Control release, however, this time things are not quite what they seem. After discovering Turquoise Moon and their OST from Midnight Demon, I became interested in the band. However, it appears - as in I may be incorrect - that this is actually a side project of Andy Fosberry, who is credited with re-mastering the "Original 1983 tapes" created by Terry Ferrello and Frank Heisenberg, the credited members of Turquoise Moon. That's from the bandcamp HERE. Other than that, there is no information of Terry and Frank, Turquoise Moon, or Midnight Demon anywhere online.

THIS is the kind of thing I LOVE - bands or artists that cultivate mystery. And I feel like it just doesn't happen anymore. Also, really cool album.

Sunday Bandcamp - Andy Fosberry's Death Ship 2047

I wanted to do something new to break up the regular posts, which will continue under the 'isolation' banner for the foreseeable future because, yeah, COVID is back on the rise. No kidding, huh? I guess all those fucking idiots who thought they could just say, "This has gone on long enough," are realizing that you can't use god or cuntry to boss around a microorganism. I've started to think that maybe, just maybe, this is all going to be a good thing, and that the virus will wipe out all the stupid people. No disrespect to those who have died or gone through the trauma. Hell, I fully realize we're all at risk, but when I see footage of these Orange County and Florida town halls with people demanding their civic leaders relax the mask ordinances, so full of narcissistic and oft-times religious fervor, I understand that these are - hopefully - the people we will lose the most of.

We're probably not going to be that lucky, though.

Anyway, so here's the first installment of Sunday Bandcamp. Andy Fosberry has composed something of an 'extended universe' soundtrack to Paul W. S. Anderson's 1997 classic Event Horizon. I love this album, even if repeated viewings of the film have never quite lived up to the experience I had the first time I watched it, way back when. Event Horizon is still a classic and I love it, despite its flaws, and this OST slots in nicely with the tone and texture of space crazy Anderson achieves with his film.

You can buy Mr. Fosberry's album, titled Death Ship 2047 from the Spun Out of Control label's bandcamp HERE.

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Playlist:

Andy Fosberry - Death Ship 2047
David Bowie - Low
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
The Paper Chase - God Bless Your Black Heart
Pale Dian - Narrow Birth
October Language - Belong
Run the Jewels - RTJ4
Gang of Four - Return the Gift (Disc 1)
Team Sleep - Eponymous