Faith & The Muse: BURNING SEASON, THE (LIMITED RED AND BLACK MARBLED) VINYL 2XLP

Double-Vinyl, inside Deluxe Gatefold sleeve and including 3 bonus-tracks. New cover & lay-out by Monica Richards. New Mastering by George Emmanuel (Pentagram Studio).

In 2003 the first decade since the founding of Faith And The Muse had just ended and four years had gone by since the release of “Evidence of Heaven”. They were at a pivotal point, as they released 3 gothic benchmark albums and expectations had grown. They choose not to rest on what they’ve already created and once again refuse to repeat what they had already made, stylistically or thematically.

“The Burning Season” (2003, Metropolis & Out of Line) is full of innovative elements. Their darkwave/gothic personal style has been grafted with a plethora of new sounds resulting in an ideal sonic pandemonium. Although gothic rock dominates again, it is now surrounded by electronic passages, punk outbursts and even some jazzy sounds.

Reviews of the time spoke of the most complete album offered by Faith & the Muse up to that point. It is a completely subjective & objectively difficult task to distinguish any F&TM’s albums from the rest. One thing’s for sure though: This duo is unique and has only offered amazing albums!

“The Burning Season” consists of 12 masterfully structured compositions. 12 songs that, despite being quite different from each other, magically create an amazing atmosphere, a sound feast that lasts 52 minutes. Violins on 10 & 12 performed and recorded by Matt Howden/Sieben. “The Burning Season” is now made available for the first time EVER on vinyl, a full 20 years after its first official release.

“The Burning Season was a bit of a rebirth for us. We really took our time to figure out where we were as artists, and what we wanted to express. It’s one of my all-time favorite albums, and we are so pleased to be able to release it on vinyl with The Circle Music on its 20th Anniversary, with an exclusive new cover design!”                  MONICA RICHARDS

Released Late July 2023 by The Circle. 

 

Tracks Listing:

A1. Bait & Switch 

A2. Sredni Vashtar 

A3. Boudiccea 

A4. The Burning Season

B1. Whispered In Your Ear 

B2. Gone to Ground 

B3. Relic Song 

B4. In the Amber Room

C1. Failure to Thrive 

C2. Visions 

C3. Prodigal 

C4. Willow’s Song

D1. Bait & Switch/Sredni Vashtar (*) 

D2. Relic Song (*) 

D3. The Burning Season (*)

(*) = Bonus tracks, all recorded at "Live Convergence 2007”