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1.This Corrosion (Sisters of Mercy)
2.Kiss Them For Me (Siouxsie & The Banshees)
3.Bring On The Dancing Horses (Echo & The Bunnymen)
4.Atmosphere (Joy Division)
5.Primary (The Cure)
6.Tarantula (This Mortal Coil)
7.A Strange Kind of Love (Peter Murphy)
Diane Birch found a great deal of inspiration from the gods and goddesses of classic piano-based pop and rock songwriting -- Carole King, Laura Nyro, Elton John -- to help color her mighty fine, timelessly soulful '09 debut album Bible Belt. So it is somewhat of a surprise to learn that Birch cut her teen teeth on the likes of 80's goth and new wavey bands like Echo and the Bunnymen, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Joy Division even as she attended church -- in black, of course -- and her father preached from the pulpit. Recently, as she killed time in a Brooklyn studio during sessions for her Bible Belt successor due next year, Birch revisited her early influences with members of NY's The Phenomenal Handclap Band with the recording of handful of interesting covers from that seminal era.
The Velveteen Age, out digitally December 7 (S-Curve), gathers seven of those tracks together including "This Corrosion" (Sisters of Mercy), "Primary"(The Cure) and "A Strange Kind of Love" (Peter Murphy). “During my teenage years as a Goth these songs were amongst my nearest and dearest,” says Birch. “Sitting in my bedroom with my headphones pressed into my ears till they hurt, each song gave me a weird kind of hope for my future." We're particularly taken by her version of "Bring On the Dancing Horses" from Echo and the Bunnymen, a 1985 song transformed from jagged guitar, shimmering electronics and synth-drum into a chugging Fleetwood Mac-ian pop anthem of warmth and near gospel fervor. "Bring on the new Messiah" Birch sings. Amen to that.
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