Strange Angels

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Wyrmwood the Legacy (dubbed for a collection of short stories by Poppy Z. Brite entitled "Wormwood") is a female darkwave/industrial duo rapidly gaining popularity amidst San Antonio's underground scene. Musical influences such as Siouxsie & The Banshees and Dead Can Dance shining through in the songs, Wyrmwood masterfully crafts its own blend of spiritual darkwave, as poignant as it is dance-able. Having already shared the stage with such legends as the Mission U.K. and Sex Gang Children, Wyrmwood is sure to make bigger waves in the coming years, playing the music they love and believe in, in hopes that it touches someone out there.

Album Description
A fine fusion of "darkwave" and "goth," Wyrmwood's debut CD, "Strange Angels" is a compelling journey through pain, darkness and sorrow, arriving ultimately at spirituality and self-reflection. While the album's lyrical content started out quite dark and mystical in the early writing stages, it changed and evolved over time to reflect something the band felt was greater, the power of God over all things. Wyrmwood's goal is to fuse music with spiritual energy, for themselves as well as for their audience - posing situations and ideas in their music - but letting the listeners interpret the meaning and experience their own reactions to it. "Strange Angels" is an enhanced CD which - in addition to music - features photos of the band and a video for the newly released track, "Voices."

Tracks:

Strange Angels
Monkey's Paw
Coolsville
Ramon
Babydoll
Beautiful Red Dress
The Day The Devil
The Dream Before
My Eyes
Hiawatha

Customer Reviews:

Strangely Beautiful.......2007-04-15

This CD is one of the few I have downloaded into my Ipod complete. The music has a dream like quality, but what I really like is Laurie Andersons use of language, for example the idea of purchasing " high heeled feet" at a body shop amuses me.

Wine lovers will enjoy this book........2007-03-13

A bit dry reading at first but stay with it. It becomes a quite interesting read for those interested in the history of wine.

Strange Angels are Mowing My Lawn.......2006-10-04

I ran across a cd single of "BEAUTIFUL RED DRESS," at a resale shop across from where I live. It looked interesting and the name Laurie Anderson was vague to me and then it hit me; I remembered having a compilation of "alternative" music with Laurie Anderson's "'O' SUPERMAN" on it. So I bought it and immediately fell in love with the song. I replayed it several times;I just couldn't get enough. A few days later I bought the whole cd and from that moment on I was hooked. All of the tracks are catchy,well-crafted pop songs. My favorite tracks include The Day the Devil,Hansel and Gretel, the title track-Strange Angels, and I forget the titles of the other songs but they're all pop freindly tunes. After awhile, you even find yourself singing along with Laurie Anderson. This was a departure from her normally avantegarde work but still very accessibe and pleasant sounding.

Don't buy this CD: buy two!.......2004-08-02

I can't add to the justifiably enthusiastic reviews above, as I agree with them. Anderson was never so approachable, lyric or beautiful as in this stunning recording. That does not mean she sold out and made a catchy little pop CD. These songs soar like strange angels. This is--by a substantial margin--my favorite Laurie Anderson recording. I wish she would do more work in this line, trusting her gorgeous voice to do what she proves it can do here.

But beware! This CD doesn't stand up to frequent play. The music will keep you coming back, but somehow the CD itself is fragile. Even though most songs play well, I need to replace my first copy. I just saw an article about the way CDs are more degradable than most people understand. This CD was cited as an example.

A liquid voice backed with high-tech production.......2004-07-09

With her emphasis on words, some of Laurie Anderson's projects have occasionally seemed more like treatises than music -- not so here. This clutch of fascinating songs not only uses Anderson's breathy voice very well, but shows the expertise of the superb musicians with whom she collaborates, not to mention the innovative use of electronics for which she is also well known.

From the opening "Strange Angels," Anderson creates a mysteriously beautiful world -- sometimes quiet, sometimes noisier -- backed by a glistening instrumental and electronic palette. Often her voice will be electronically reprocessed, as in "Day the Devil," in which she becomes several different personas, including a cackling Satan. Other highlights are "Monkey's Paw" and "Ramon," but there is hardly a weak track on the disc, and many have such catchy melodies that you may be humming them for days.