Autumn Cathedral - Asleep Within Waves LP

A really great album of a band I know next to nothing about. They started around 1986 in San Francisco. A second album 'Amethyst Figurine' was recorded in 1991 but never released.
Seems that they took the bandname from a 17 Pygmies song. Great atmospheric wave.
This was released in 1989 on cult label Epithet Records out of Stanford CA. Their most wellknown release is the 'Trust' 12 of Mute Angst Envy.
I only have another record on this label which is the 'Spiritual Vision' LP of Crimson Ivy.

Autumn Cathedral on MySpace. You can buy this album and the unreleased one there as well. As MP3 I guess.

note: tracks 4 & 5 and tracks 8 & 9 ripped as one track.

Asleep Within Waves LP (Epithet Records-EPIC2-1989)
1. Sawn Asunder
2. My Thoughts Fall In A Slow Cascade
3. The Sun Also Rises
4. The Artist
5. Aquamarine
6. Elysian Fields
7. Soul
8. Cabaret Grey
9. An Exo-Skeleton Prison

Link removed as requested by Scott Martinez.
Get the album at Cauldron Soundwerx here.

The Laughing Mothers - Tunnel/Cats Cradle 7"

Here's another obscure one. The Laughing Mothers were a UK postpunk band. Don't know exactly from where in the UK. They don't like to be called goth although they appear in Mick Mercer's Gothic History book.
Another track appeared on 'The Timebox' comp. album which also featured The Fifteenth, Thatcher On Acid, Blyth Power, ... The Timebox seemed to be a venue in London back in the day.

They have a Myspace page here. There are some unreleased songs you can listen to.

IMPORTANT!! the tracks are labelled incorrectly. Seems that the labels were printed in reverse. So 'Tunnel' should be 'Cats Cradle' and vice versa. Thanks to Robertzombie for pointing that out.

The Laughing Mothers 7" (Motherkare-MUM 1-1985)
1. Tunnel
2. Cats Cradle

Laughing Mothers

Grey March - s/t MLP

Don't know anything about this band. Grey March were from Baltimore, MD.
Some tracks are indierock with a 60's influence, others sound much darker.
Caught my interest when Goutroy was selling this. Could locate a copy somewhere else.
Any extra info welcome.

Grey March MLP (Unconscious Records-UNCONSCIOUS 001-1986)
1. Somethings Missing
2. Forced By Pressure
3. Vertical
4. Way Of The Cross
5. An Interesting Observation
6. Isle Of Quiet

Grey March

V/A Awaken LP

A very interesting and diverse compilation released on a small label called Aztlan Records. Think it was run by Cecilia ±.
Factory describe themselves as Eraserhead-ian industrial angst.
Killerwail formed in 1984 and played with Minutemen, Wall Of Voodoo, The Cult,... Their second song reminds me of The Ex.
Anna Homler is a Los Angeles based performance artist who sings in a found language of tone and feeling. She collaborated with alot of artists, even in Europe. Check her entry at Discogs for more info.
Cecilia ± released an album of her own in 1986 and also did vocals on the Angel Of The Odd LP. Both also released on Aztlan and will be posted later. She sadly passed away some time ago.
Not alot to be found on Lizzie Wilcox. It's like spoken word over self-created music.
Twist Of Fate delivers 2 indie rock songs.
The Vampyre Garden is the goth band here.

The insert is included in the file. The tracks of Cecilia ± are ripped as one track.

V/A Awaken LP (Aztlan Records-AZT 1002-1987)
1. Factory -Carnivore
2. Factory - Vapor Lock
3. Killerwail - The Contrast
4. Killerwail - No One Way
5. Anna Homler - Karu Karu
6. Anna Homler - Santiago
7. Cecilia ± - Nana
8. Cecilia ± - My Little Boy (To My Little Boy That Never Lived)
9. Lizzie Wilcox - Sermonette
10. Twist Of Fate - Looking For Cyndy
11. Twist Of Fate - Back For More
12. The Vampyre Garden - Now He's Happy
13. The Vampyre Garden - Her Mirror's Lust

Awaken (new link)

Sharef**kall

Seems that Shareonall is inactive "for the moment". I'll replace all links this week. Only 7 posts so that should work fine.
First will be the Anabas & Tea House Camp 7"s as requested. The other ones are:
- Kafblau 12"
- Auscult 12"
- Brave New World LP
- V/A Complication LP
- Spasmodique 12"
- V/A Bouquet Of Steel LP
New posts will follow next week/this weekend.

V/A Le Cimetière Des Passions LP

Thanks to Tristan.Koreya for this kind donation.
Here's the quite rare cold wave/synth comp. LP released on New Wave Records from France.
The album has 5 bands each doing 2 songs.
I must admit I never heard of most bands here. Magnétique Bleu is the band Of Christian dezert, also known as DZ Lectric. The song 'Geister' also appeared on the 'Be Eclectic!'LP I posted a while ago.
Dazibao existed for quite some time and released a few singles, a 12" on New Wave and a few albums. This is the first time I heard them so I don't know which are interesting.
All the other bands only appeared on this comp. as far as I know.
Contrary to the label name, New Wave released mostly punk and hardcore records. Other wave acts are Norma Loy (1st 12") and Kronstadt.

As always, you can find alot of info on the French New Wave site.

V/A Le Cimetière Des Passions LP (New Wave-NW-011-1985)
1. Analoid - Désespoir Désespéré
2. Dazibao - L'Bent
3. Magnétique Bleu - Proxy
4. Near Death Experience - Le Pendu
5. Les Visiteurs Du Soir - Je T'Ecris D'Un Pays
6. Les Visiteurs Du Soir - Le Maudit
7. Near Death Experience - Except Me
8. Magnétique Bleu - Geister
9. Dazibao - Les Tambours Lointains
10. Analoid - Sans Issue

Le Cimetière Des Passions

A Neon Rome - New Heroin LP

I think this album was requested some time ago by Roman Empire. Finally found a copy as it doesn't turn up for sale alot.
A Neon Rome was from Toronto, Canada and existed from 1984 to 1987.
First I didn't have any info but a biography can be found on Punk History Canada.
An interesting fact is that their sound was inspired by playing a record of Psychic TV on the wrong speed. Also the band didn't have real songs so most of the tracks on this album were jams.
There is a second album recorded 'All The Children Are In' but I guess this was never released.
Singer Neal became disillusioned with all the success and took a vow of silence.
The 'New Heroin' album was released in Canada on Fringe Product but my copy is the French pressing on New Rose.

A Neon Rome on MySpace

New Heroin LP (New Rose-ROSE 111-1987)
1. Windowsill
2. The Magical Summer Of '85
3. You Should Fear Us
4. Society Rag
5. Islam
6. The Prayer
7. Cums A Wolf

A Neon Rome (new link)

Elephant Talk 7" / Flowers Of The Past 7"

Here's 2 lesser known goth punk acts. You can say that both bands were influenced by UK Decay.
It seems some members of Elephant Talk are in a retro '77 punk band these days but I can't remember the band name.
About the Flowers Of The Past title track: the correct spelling of 'Fuhrer' should be 'Führer'.
We just welcomed a kitten in our home but this little creature drives me nuts!


Elephant Talk - Ask 7" (Fragile-FRA 1-1983)
1. Ask
2. Burning Halo

Elephant Talk



Flowers Of The Past - The Fuhrer 7" (Memorial Records-MEM 1-1983)
1. Fuhrer
2. Medieval

Flowers Of The Past