The gothic game August 11, 2010

Are my songs going to sound like a gothic soundtrack ? I’ve been told there is something romantic, slightly old-school gothic, or batcave sung by Stuart Staples from The Tindersticks in Untimely Tales. Well, maybe, considering I’m fond of old Cure’s albums such as Pornography or Faith. One of these new songs has some Velvet Underground, or The Jesus & Mary Chain spirit, actually… A song I started to write in… 2003 (!) and never finished… Now called “Broken Windows”.

But they’re not finished yet, so lets see later, then you tell me.

I told you I shot lots of pictures when on holidays. Here are some, and because they were shot at night, and because of the subjects, they could be considered as gothic, so I found it fun to publish these ones first.

This skull belongs to my girlfriend (relax, she’s alive, it’s not hers…) for a long time, as well as the type machine and the old telephone on the background.

This one was shot in south-west of France, in the country. This is quite curious to see some of those crosses when you don’t expect them. Just in front of two dead trees.

I wasn’t that lucky for it almost rained everyday there, but that sky is amazing… And this church, too… A scary movie could be shot there…

So, my songs are not finished, but I actually did what I wanted last week-end : Only vocals left before starting the mixes. All instrument tracks are recorded !

Fun, I’ve been listening to random songs yesterday, one I didn’t listened to for a long long time popped up and surprised me : “Always The Sun” by The Stranglers…