So, Summer is here & that means it’s time to look back at the Spring offerings made at the dark altar & share a few of our favorites from over the last 3 months.
There’s 20 stunning tracks in this edition of Top Of The Goths & there’s a bit of something for everyone. There’s new tunes from old bands & new bands covering old tunes all mixed in with the brand spanking new.
As always this is isn’t a Top 20 as such & the track listing is simply in release date order as they’re all “Top Of The Goths” here! That is, all except for one on this occasion. The Number 1 track & the 1st video to seduce your eyes & ears is a bit of a premiere for us here at BVA as whilst it’s not the official video release it’s still the 1st promo video for “Games Without Frontiers” from Gothzilla front-man & Faces Of Sarah bassist Tim Jarvis & his new revolving door project Call me Legion & as such deserves to be in the No.1 slot . Plus it’s shit hot! So there’s that too.
I reviewed the track when it came out; and as you may or may not be aware I’m quite fond of a good cover version or 10 & “Games Without Frontiers” is as good as it gets so I absolutely adore it! I’m in good company too as is Tim, who obviously likes the odd cover version as he’s done more than a few belters before…Gothzilla doing “Hit Me Baby One more time” anyone? Yes Fucking Please!
At least 2 of the other artists (that I’m aware of) guesting on this version are experienced at delivering “as good as the original” cover versions too, as both Lee Meadows of Codename:Lola & The Glasshouse Museum & Alixandrea Corvyn of Last July & Rhombus have in recent years delivered several of my all time favorites. If you haven’t heard Lee & Tim do the Ultravox classic “All Stood Still” & Alix & Lee do Dream Disciples “Room 57” yet then you should head on over to https://codenamelola.bandcamp.com & do that once you’ve watched this.
As always hope you enjoy.
Track Listing:
- Call Me Legion: “Games Without Frontiers”
https://gothzilla.bandcamp.com/track/call-me-legion-games-without-frontiers - Cold Institution: “Dressed Up In Uniform”
https://coldinstitution.bandcamp.com/ - Westenra: “Devil Woman”
https://westenra.bandcamp.com - Sea Lungs: “Lighthouse Noir”
https://sealungs.bandcamp.com - Bauhaus: “Drink The New Wine”
https://bauhaus.bandcamp.com/releases - Voices Of Memory: Too Young To Die”
https://voicesofmemory.bandcamp.com - Gothzilla: “Insect”
https://gothzilla.bandcamp.com/music - Ariel Maninki & The Black Halos: “Siamese Twins”
https://arielmaniki.bandcamp.com/ - The Secret Experiment: “Abandoned”
https://thesecretexperiment.bandcamp.com - Christian Death: “The Warning”
http://www.officialchristiandeath.com - Terminal Serious: “Gift For You”
https://terminalserious.bandcamp.com - Lycia: “A Far Away Place”
https://lycia.bandcamp.com/ - Caroline Blind: “I Feel Speed”
https://carolineblind.bandcamp.com - Kill Shelter ft Agent Side Grinder: “The Necklace”
https://killshelter.bandcamp.com - Zeitgeist Zero: “Plastic Diamonds”
https://zeitgeistzero.bandcamp.com/ - Who Saw Her Die?: “Release Me”
https://whosawherdie.bandcamp.com - Soft Kill: “Press Play”
https://anopendoor.bandcamp.com - Iamnoone: “The Need”
https://iamnoone1.bandcamp.com. - StereoCult: “Every Day Is The End Of The World”
https://stereoccult.bandcamp.com - Ian Arkley: From Forest, From Sea.
https://olianarkley.bandcamp.com
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