Tag Archives: Andrew Eldritch

Floodland by The Sisters of Mercy

Posted on November 16, 2020 by The Blogging Goth

Whoever he is, whatever incarnation the Eldritch has assumed for this chapter of The Sisters of Mercy story, Floodland is his success story writ large. It isn’t the difficult and contested production of the debut album, nor is the uneven and anticlimatic ‘final’ release, Vision Thing. As discussed above, this album is a true conjunction of forces and circumstances that define Andrew Eldritch and therefore this band and this release. Continue reading →

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Thirty Years and I Need More – Vision Thing 1990-2020

Posted on October 27, 2020 by The Blogging Goth

The thirtieth anniversary of the third and final album from The Sisters of Mercy passed quietly on the 22nd October. Sadly it’s the latest in a long line of dismissals for the outsider album that simply can’t compete with the icy arrogance of Floodland or the legendary goth-rock pioneer that was First and Last and Always. Continue reading →

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First and Last and Forever: The Sisters’ debut album

Posted on March 11, 2020 by The Blogging Goth

To many fans, the cowboy-hat wearing smoke-wreathed silhouettes are the golden-age lineup… Continue reading →

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“A Place Both Wonderful And Strange” – Geography through a Goth lens

Posted on May 24, 2017 by The Blogging Goth

The TV adaption of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed fantasy novel American Gods has been unreal and amazing so far. It would be so easy to mangle this complex combination of subtle themes and sly allusions, but Starz seem to have come … Continue reading →

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Andrew Eldritch moves in with Mountain Goats

Posted on February 23, 2017 by The Blogging Goth

Of all the strangest headlines for my blog, that is currently in the lead. This is the story that an American indie-folk band, the aforementioned ‘Mountain Goats‘, have recorded a new album entitled Goths. The launch was promoted with the release … Continue reading →

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