Love Spirals Downwards’ vocalist, Suzanne Perry, has contributed to two songs on the new Falling You album, Faith. You might be able to guess from the titles alone which tracks she penned, but as the featured artists are not listed, hers are “The End Before the Winds” and “And the Rain Comes in Waves.”
Featuring incredible performances by Suzanne Perry (Love Spirals Downwards), Amanda Kramer (The Golden Palominos), Shikhee (Android Lust) and other Falling You favorites, ‘faith’ continues in the dark ambient / heavenly voices / ethereal style of ‘human’ and ‘touch’, while adding subtle industrial elements. Exploring what we humans do when life’s experiences shake the foundations of whatever beliefs we hold, ‘faith’ asks the question, ‘What do we do when everything crumbles around us?’
After a long delay, you can finally purchase the newly expanded Ardor [Remastered Reissue] on iTunes. This 2007 version of Love Spirals Downwards’ classic 1994 sophomore album includes 3 bonus tracks; a live recording of the classic “Write in Water,” an unreleased outtake from the album sessions called “Oisin and Niam,” and an alternate mix of “I Could Find It Only By Chance,” also from the original album sessions. Once again, band founder, Ryan Lum, completely remastered the album from the original DATs to bring out more sonic clarity than ever before, and the artwork has been recreated from the original photograph to striking results!
The long rumored debut CD by Melodyguild — the band of Love Spirals Downwards’ vocalist, Suzanne Perry — has finally been released! The ‘Aitu’ EP — originally announced in early 2003 — will be officially released June 10, 2008, but is available online now via Projekt. This 4-song digipac is currently #6 on the Projekt Top 10 – congrats!
More reviews for the reissues of our first 2 albums have appeared online on MusicTap, Re:Gen Mag (Idylls and Ardor), two.one.five magazine (Idylls and Ardor), and The Mick – a downloadable PFD magazine. Some are better than others, but I guess you have to take the bad with the good on the old Internet.
A brief but positive review of both Love Spirals Downwards’ Remastered Reissues – plus our track on the recent Projekt200 compilation – can be read on Liar Society.
You can now purchase the brand new Idylls [Remastered Reissue] on iTunes. This 2007 version of Love Spirals Downwards’ classic 1992 debut album includes 3 bonus tracks; their first ever recorded song, a live acoustic recording, and an extended version of a song from an out-of-print compilation CD. Band founder, Ryan Lum, completely remastered the album from the original DATs to bring out more sonic clarity than ever before, and the artwork has been recreated from the original photographs for crystal clear images, as well. Watch for the Ardor [Remastered Reissue] on iTunes soon! This is a cooperative release between Projekt Records and Chillcuts Digital.
At long last, the remastered reissues of Loves Spirals Downwards’ groundbreaking first two records, Idylls and Ardor, have been released. You can purchase them now at CD Baby (Idylls, Ardor), Projekt’s webstore, and at Lovespirals’ Webstore. All of these online stores are great places to get the cds, but lovespirals.com is the only place where you can also get your cd personally autographed by Ryan of Love Spirals Downwards. To learn and hear more about these remastered reissues, go to our releases page.
My current band, Lovespirals, has finished our 3rd album, Long Way From Home, and are now taking pre-orders. While the official release date is scheduled for October 23rd, we will mail out personally autographed copies of the new CD as soon as they become available. Plus, there’s a remix EP that you’ll get immediately as digital download with every order placed through the Lovespirals Webstore.
For fans of my older Love Spirals Downwards music, this new album should please you. I’ve gone back to making guitar based music and there’s a dark dreamy feel to it that’s reminiscent of Ardor and Ever. I think it’s my finest work yet. You can listen to a medley of the entire album and a full song or two on the album page for Long Way From Home.
This week I finished audio mastering for the Ardor and Idylls reissues that are coming out this summer. The CDs will be released as digipacs, whereas the original releases were jewel boxes, so though the reissues will look pretty similar to the originals, they will be different. It sure will be nice to get current contact information into the credits. Funny to think that I had no band website (very few did) when these albums were originally released. I believe I have a band website listed in the Ever credits, but that site is outdated and gone. Anyway, things are coming along nicely and on track. More news soon.
Ethereal Shoegaze and Electronica from Projekt Records