Good day inmates!
So another week done and dusted. Well sort of, I kind of judge it wednesday to wednesday with these musical posts. You get the idea. How has it all been for all of you? Exquisitely good I hope! It’s early in the year, but there’s no reason not to believe good times are ahead eh? The weather has been diabolical here on the island again. I had a feeling January was going to be a bit nasty in that respect. It has been in recent years. It’s particularly annoying as I’m in the market of job-seeking again and riding the bike in this weather is less than ideal. Regrettably I can’t make liveable money on what I do here at the asylum, that’s just the reality of being a hobbyist I suppose.
So, writing music. That’s what we’re here for isn’t it? I would ask if anybody saw the clue today but I fear it was a tad niche this week, so I feel like it’d make more sense to just get right now into it. Todays musical theme is a specific band once more. Todays ‘theme’ is the… Cruxshadows! We’re going a bit goth this week. The Cruxshadows are a “dark wave” band or more commonly called a dark synth-pop band from Florida in the USA. They are an electronic band that incorporates synth music (hence synth-pop) with light rock and violins. They’ve even been known to include dancers in their “roster” so to speak, for live shows and such. Beyond this, they very much hold the look of a gothic band with lots of black and alternative fashion for all the members.
The band is led by an odd gentleman called Rogue, who is the primary vocalist and songwriter. He is rather distinctive for his rather eccentric hairstyle and performance on stage. He has a habit of rushing about the stage willy-nilly and occasionally climbs on the supports and such. As for the music itself, they tend to be heavily influenced by Greek and Egyptian mythology, including songs about the mythic characters themselves. Aside from this, you have lots of romantic tunes, songs about the concept of deities and songs about depression. All of these come with a rather dancey style of music composition. Here, you’ll see what I mean.
Come join me as we delve into the musical minds of the Cruxshadows!
The Cruxshadows – Immortal
The Cruxshadows – Edge of the World
The Cruxshadows – Birthday
The Cruxshadows – Home
The Cruxshadows – Quicksilver
And there we have it! What do you guys think? It was hard to pick just five songs to be honest, I’ve been listening to these guys since I was a teenager and they’ve released a great deal of material in that time. I hope that you enjoy the musical choices this week and that decide to look further into this rather unique band. I’ll include their website here in just a moment. Go on, you know want to check them out. Go ooooon!
Here is their website: https://www.cruxshadows.org/
Speaking of all this website nonsense, would anybody like to check out my social media ones? The asylum has a few social media sites out there on the world whirly web you know! The asylum has a page over on Facebook, an account on Instagram and also, for the time being, a site on Twitter as well! Please think about following or liking me over on those as well. Also, if you enjoy what I do here at the asylum, please consider supporting me over on the Ko-Fi page as well! Thanks for everything!
Until next week, have a very crazy day inmates!
WorldofHarley 