Search - Merry Thoughts :: Psychocult

Fabulous!!!

M. Ross | FL, United States | 09/13/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you, (like me), are an eternal fan of: The Sisters of Mercy, Clan of Xymox, Suspiria, Corpus Delicti, and Rosetta Stone, you will LOVE this album by THE MERRY THOUGHTS!!! I just received it in the mail today, and all I can say, is it's FABULOUS...most excellent. No Goth club DJ should be without it, and any fan of this genre most certainly shouldn't, either, in my not-so-humble opinion!"

It's the heat

N. P. Stathoulopoulos | Brooklyn, NY | 12/29/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Okay, yes, this sounds like The Sisters of Mercy. And yes, it's pretty good.



For those dying for that sound, since the Sisters haven't put out an album since 1990 and probably never will, The Merry Thoughts sound pretty damn good. More 90s-ish Sisters, really. But it's not an all-out ripoff.



There are at least five or six good songs here, and the whole album is smooth and a good beginning-to-end disc. The highlights are the title track, Chant, Low Violet, and We Love To, but everyone has favorites.



The vocals are the deep baritone, but not embarassing like some bands--here, the voice fits the music very well. The lyrics are not Eldritch, and I don't think they're going for that. There's a drum machine, yes, but also some loud keyboards. Chant in particular sounds like a (good) David Bowie track, and We Love To is more Sisters-ish, in the Vision Thing mold.



Yes, The Sisters influenced a lot of people. But there are some good albums out there in that mold, including an early Rosetta Stone disc or two. Given the dearth of new Sisters material (with the exception of live bootlegs), this is good without being the out-and-out ripoff, baritone, embarassing 'goth' sound some others go for.



But that's only my opinion. Recommended, if you can find it. Is this band no more?"