Album Name: As the City Sleeps
Artist: Mary and the Black Lamb
Year/Label: 2009 / Independent
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Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell
Mary and the Black Lamb is fronted by the strong-voiced Lindz Riot and they play a dark wave music that’s very engaging.
She Is sees them rock out on all cylinders guitarist Nixon Cuts growling away like a real beast and playing well.
Departed is a strong song, with Riot singing an impassioned lead against a rockin’ background. Cuts really is an exceptional guitarist.
Emily sees the band develop a softer side, Riot’s singing at its best. The song does remind me of Evanescence a bit. It’s still not quite a ballad, more a mid-pace crawl.
Forgot You Now is a strong song, also, the singer managing a feral voice to the backing.
It’s a short, sharp album that should appeal to fans of the genre and maybe others as well.
Track Listing
1.She is
2.Stay away
3.Departed
4.Gone
5.Emily
6.The price
7.Not the girl
8.Forgot you now
9.Stranger
10.Silence
[Mary and the Black Lamb Official Site]
