Constance Tomb, by CONSTANCE TOMB

Constance Tomb

by CONSTANCE TOMB

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Crinklechips Early work by Tony Reed rerecorded. Its dark gothic stuff unlike anything I’ve heard from him. I love Gothic Rock so this was an instant purchase. This guy is essential listening.

grim incredibly diverse sound that brings to the forefront a long forgotten era. Depressing, yet inspiring, I can feel Rozz Williams DNA all over this. Absolutely incredible stuff, so thankful he decided to do this! Favorite track: Amokt.

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1.	Spiritual Stairway 03:27	buy track
2.	Amokt 02:32	buy track
3.	The Doomsday Subliminalist 02:53	buy track
4.	Crawl 06:01	buy track
5.	Neurosleep 02:05	buy track
6.	The Last Picture Show 02:24	buy track
7.	Orthodox Seduction 03:24	buy track
8.	Big Brother Doom 03:04	buy track
9.	Poison Performances 04:57	buy track
10.	Blood Red Eternity 03:19	buy track

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CONSTANCE TOMB -
I wrote and recorded somewhere around thirty songs in 1988 (my 19th year). A large percentage of them were heavily influenced by the gothic movement of the early 80s. Bands like Bauhaus, Christian Death, Tones On Tail, Mighty Sphincter, Death Cult & Samhain were obvious inspirations during this time in my life. In 1988 I was making music with a band called Twelve Thirty Dreamtime and in that year alone I worked with three different rhythm sections. All of the songs I wrote that year were captured on tape but the recordings were done on the most primitive equipment in the bedrooms and basements of people that would let us make noise in their space. At that point I was doing 2 track tape to tape overdubbing and after a few passes the tape hiss would be almost unbearable. When I listen back to the old recordings sometimes I think those limitations are cool and add to the eerie quality of the music but over the last 32 years I’ve also wanted to hear what the songs would have sounded like done in a proper recording studio. I did my best to NOT overplay or add too many additional ideas beyond the original versions. When I would start to add extra layers to some of the tracks I almost always scrapped the idea soon after. This collection is what I consider to be the ten best songs of that era recorded the way I heard it in my head all those years ago.

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released April 7, 2020

All songs written by Tony Reed in 1988.
Recorded at HeavyHead Recording Co. March / April 2020.
Mastered to cassette.
All sonic manipulations, instruments and vocals by Reed.
Cover photo: Lex Waterreus.

Much thanks to Eric Brose, Jay Breeton, Frank Madden, Derek Adamich, Joe Franklin.

1988 / 2020 Music Abuse Records
All songs published by Bremerton Grey Music (ASCAP)

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Tony Reed (solo works & projects) Port Orchard, Washington

Tony Reed: member of Mos Generator, Big Scenic Nowhere, Hot Spring Water, Twelve Thirty Dreamtime, Treepeople, Stone Axe and many other groups and projects over the last 35 years. He is a multi-instrumentalist and studio engineer. This is the Hub for his solo and project works outside of his main bands. ... more

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