Sunday, January 2, 2011

Review: Diane Birch with The Phenomenal Handclap Band, ‘The Velveteen Age’

"To say Diane Birch and the Phenomenal Handclap Band reimagine gothic rock as pop would be misleading. Classics like the Sisters of Mercy's 'This Corrosion' (produced by Jim Steinman of Bat Out of Hell fame!) and Siouxsie and the Banshees' 'Kiss Them for Me' were great pop songs from the start. Diane Birch and the Phenomenal Handclap Band simply reimagine them as vintage seventies pop."
LOVED Diane Birch's debut, Bible Belt, but if this teaser is at all accurate, this album will be absolutely indispensable. Read the whole review, listen to the songs available for sampling, and, most important, GET THIS ALBUM.

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