''The Scavenger Bride'' is the eighth studio album by the
Darkwave
Dark wave (also typeset as darkwave) is a music genre that emerged from the new wave and post-punk movement of the late 1970s. Dark wave compositions are largely based on minor key tonality and introspective lyrics and have been perceived as be ...
band
Black Tape for a Blue Girl
Black Tape for a Blue Girl (often stylized as black tape for a blue girl) is an American dark wave band formed in 1986 by keyboardist/songwriter Sam Rosenthal, the founder of Projekt Records.
Their music takes on elements of dark wave, ethere ...
. It was released in America in 2002 by
Projekt Records
Projekt is a Portland, Oregon-based independent record label started by Sam Rosenthal in 1983. Projekt releases music in the styles of darkwave, ambient, shoegaze, gothic rock, ethereal, dream-pop, and dark cabaret. Projekt artists include Sam ...
. It was subsequently released in Mexico on Samadhi and in Russia on
Irond Records.
Track listing
# "The Scavenger Bride"
# "Kinski"
# "All My Lovers"
# "Shadow of a Doubt"
# "The Doorkeeper"
# "Floats in the Updrafts"
# "A Livery of Bachelors"
# "Das Liselottenbett"
# "The Lie Which Refuses to Die"
# "The Scavenger's Daughter"
# "Like a Dog/Letter to Brod"
# "The Whipper"
# "Bastille Day, 1961"
Projekt Records' page on the album
Band Personnel Shift
The Scavenger Bride is the first album to include vocalist Elysabeth Grant, who had joined the band in 1999 to perform on the tour for As One Aflame Laid Bare By Desire. With Oscar Herrera no longer in the band, Bret Helm (of Audra) and Athan Maroulis (of Spahn Ranch) took over the male vocal duties.
Sources
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Black Tape for a Blue Girl albums
Projekt Records albums
2002 albums