Current 93- Birth Canal Blues

Oh the night and its names

Current 93- All The Pretty Little Horses

And yet still I wish I could dream as when young

To welcome myself back after a somewhat brief absence, why not continue on the saga of Current 93? All The Pretty Horses is another album that distinctly stands out within the Current 93 discography. Many regard it as the group's best output. Once again you get David Tibet's excellent songwriting played over bleak and sometimes frightening melodies

You ever get depressed sometimes to the point where you can't even do things you like? That's how it's been with music for the past few weeks. I've downloaded a lot of stuff but haven't even gotten started on any of it, I can barely even stand to listen to a full album of a band I love. Winter's here, it's really cold outside and the sky is always gray. For some reason, I just prefer silence lately.

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Current 93- The Seahorse Rears To Oblivion

Oh stars of the evening
How swift you rush and roar away
Even Satan in his great power and great fury and great greed cannot stop them
So eager are they to dance and dim aways


This isn't much of an album considering that it's all one song and the three demo versions aren't even different enough to justify putting them all there, but the live track is a real treat. But that's not the point, hell it's not like we're paying for this or anything. This piece of spoken word poetry demonstrates David Tibet's talents as an artist. Very powerful and beautiful.

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Current 93- Thunder Perfect Mind

Whenever someone asks me to describe Current 93 I'm always damned to think of where to start. Their comprehensive discography covers scores of albums, each of them unique in their songwriting, concepts, and little nuances. Thunder Perfect Mind is regarded as their finest work, though such a claim is hard to endorse when they have so many good albums. Thunder Perfect Mind is not my personal favorite, but that doesn't make it a bad album by any means. It's a great album full of Current 93's trademark dissonance. The depressing lullabies and surreal dirges are complemented by David Tibet and Co.'s bizarre and often unsettling lyrics. This a great album for those unfamiliar with the band. What better way to get your feet wet than by diving in up to your neck?

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