Cult of Cats (2016) is the second album to arise from a dark fairytale of desire by the electronic duo Curse of Cassandra. Descending into a world of effervescent melancholy and pretty gloom, Nicole Richter and Jacob Richter collaborated with producer Chris Fahey of Big Dragon Music to deliver another moonlit cauldron of melodic floor-booming tracks.

Their debut album Night explored the eroticism of vampires with themes of otherworldly desire and sensual beauty, and Cult of Cats materializes from a similar vein with its first track ‘Carpe Noctem’, a midnight call for witches to rise up and seize the night. The whisper-sung vocals of Nicole drift above a driving bass line and powerful tom drums, and the words of Audre Lorde appear like tendrils of smoke dancing around a crackling pyre.

Breathing fire and roaring out of the gates, ‘Dragon on a Leash’ is an anthem for expressing sexual diversity, as piercing synths give way to ferocious dance beats and triumphant breakdowns of rebellious rage. Summoning soundscapes that are reminiscent of the dreamlike gothic visions of artists Victoria Frances and Tim Burton, ‘Ghost of You’ continues to explore obsessive romance with lyrics like “I need your demons to love me” and “I want your last remains.”

The fourth track ‘We Will Not Hide’ is a song for anyone who has ever felt different, or felt like they do not fit in, to make a stand and defy the oppression they may face by being who they are and choosing not to hide. Emerging from crystalline bells, shadows pulse in ‘Falling’ as Jacob croons over its rolling, churning beat. ‘Stardust’ evokes more themes of love and death, and the sultry vocals of Nicole bring the album to a close in its last track ‘Hold Me, Kill Me, Slay Me’ like a shimmering full moon on the darkest of nights.



Cult of Cats

Hold Me Kill Me Slay Me

Darkborn

Stardust

Falling

We Will Not Hide

Ghost of You

Dragon on a Leash

Carpe Noctem

The Gothsicles put their hard dance spin on Curse of Cassandra's signature melodic style. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's "The Haunter of the Dark"

Stardust (Starry Wisdom remix by The Gothsicles)

Gasoline Invertebrate puts their freak dance drive on this ode to Bastet, feline creator of the ancient mysteries. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's The Cats of Ulthar. From the new album Nekonomicon. 

The Cats of Ulthar 
By H. P. Lovecraft 


It is said that in Ulthar, which lies beyond the river Skai, no man may kill a cat; and this I can verily believe as I gaze upon him who sitteth purring before the fire. For the cat is cryptic, and close to strange things which men cannot see. He is the soul of antique Aegyptus, and bearer of tales from forgotten cities in Meroë and Ophir. He is the kin of the jungle’s lords, and heir to the secrets of hoary and sinister Africa. The Sphinx is his cousin, and he speaks her language; but he is more ancient than the Sphinx, and remembers that which she hath forgotten. 
In Ulthar, before ever the burgesses forbade the killing of cats, there dwelt an old cotter and his wife who delighted to trap and slay the cats of their neighbours. Why they did this I know not; save that many hate the voice of the cat in the night, and take it ill that cats should run stealthily about yards and gardens at twilight. But whatever the reason, this old man and woman took...  more
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released March 31, 2018 
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