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12 Loud Cities Magazine / #3 MAR 2021 INTERVIEW Mike D. “It’s hard not to attribute the spectre of death given the dire climate of 2020” An Interview with A CLOUD OF RAVENS
Loud Cities Magazine / #3 MAR 2021 13 “Another Kind Of Midnight” is the title of the new album by Brooklyn-based dark duo A Cloud Of Ravens and it releases on March 16 via Cleopatra Records. It is the band’s sophomore long-play and it hides inside an amazing collection of brand new spells in the likes of modern gothic rock music. The duo consists of Beth and Matthew with so many boons in their quiver; they play cold wave, they play post-punk, they are Gothics, and they set to music some of the most striking lyrics you can find out there. For all these reasons and a few more too I asked them for an interview that they kindly accepted and it turned out to a very interesting and nice chat. We warmly welcome ACoR in the terrain of WL//WH. Hello Ravens, welcome to WL//WH. Let’s go straight to the news; “Another Kind Of Midnightâ” LP releases on March 16 via Cleopatra Records and I’d like to ask how long did it take you to create it and who are you calling around with this superb album? Matthew: Thank you! We are big fans and regular visitors of WL//WH. Your constant flow of content is always impressive and we regularly find cool new bands there. The album took about six months to record. We ended up with 15 songs and decided on our favorite 10 for the album. Versions of the remaining 5 may end up on a future release. We hope that devotees of the classics, like us, will appreciate what we’re doing, as well as newer fans. We make it a point to honor the formative sounds and aesthetics of the genre(s) without being redundant. Hopefully, that comes across. Compared to your previous records in 2019 and 2020 I feel that the new album is more mature in all aspects and especially in its artistic roots, I sense that it is quite an ambitious album. What is “Another Kind Of Midnight” to you? Matthew: We appreciate that. We started recording the album just before the pandemic began, and the bulk of it was obviously completed during it. Also, the civil/political unrest in the states, and certainly worldwide, has
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