The Sisters of Mercy "Floodland" (2024 Reissue) Analogue Productions Series yet maintaining levels of familiar

yet maintaining levels of familiar melancholy and aggression in an equal measure

child soldiers

while refining the jangling guitar pop of their debut

” Lupe says on the album’s title

as he sets to explore his childhood

The Sisters of Mercy "Floodland" (2024 Reissue) Analogue Productions Series yet maintaining levels of familiarWhile the goth scene in England was picking up commercial steam in the mid '80s, The Sisters of Mercy may have seemed quiet, but they roared back with 1987's 'Floodland'. Opening with the driving two part hymn 'Dominion Mother Russia', Sisters leader Andrew Eldritch (along with bassist Patricia Morrison) creates a black soundscape that is majestic and vast. While the earlier Sisters releases were noisy, sometimes harsh affairs, 'Floodland' is filled