Not resembling XTC in the slightest
Black Sea mouthpiece
Augustine does however manage to evoke Peter Murphy, minus some of the histrionics. Lacking the overarching mystique of Bauhaus, B/S were nonetheless gunning for the goth set, and their lone LP,
an early fall, yields mixed and often derivative results. The prolonged "Hope" is a wannabe
Disintegration ballad if there ever was one, but still engaging given your tolerance at the given moment. Side two is an overall improvement, and the grand finale, "the river runs red" is genuinely hot, with the band markedly shifting gears in favor of a far denser sonic motif recalling the finest gestures of the Mission UK. Can't help but wonder what
an early fall would have amounted to had it been modeled writ large on this particular schematic. Lastly, a run through Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" isn't necessarily a pro or con, rather just sort of 'there.'
01. washed away
02. immigrant song
03. hope
04. mix
05. killing time
06. darkest days
07. empty fields
08. the river runs read
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