Words & Music : Nicolas Albin
Taken from the new LP 'Ravage' available on thencametherain.bandcamp.com
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Reigns silence
On this boring town
A candle's burning
At my window

Resignation
On a locked down world
I sit here
In the dim light

I stumbled
There's nothing left to save
There's nothing

There's silence
In my wrecked soul
A candle's dying
At my window

Desolation
On a fucked up world
I lie here
In the cold light

I stumbled
There's nothing left to save
There's nothing

Ravage

Afterworld

Afterworld (taken from the new LP 'Ravage')

Words, music & instruments : N. Albin.
This song was originally recorded in 1991. This final version was re-recorded in 2015. 

Kick In The Prayers '15

Written, performed & produced by N. Albin in august 2017. 
First track released under the name "Then Came The Rain".
          *****
A tragedy occured here
On the shores of a winter island
A brief encounter, a mishap
What should have been was drowned by what always will

He hears her out, only too late
He's already pulled by the tide, taken adrift
She feels something strange
Like déjà vu, with the next wave it's gone

Vanished, faded, it never happened

A tragedy occured here
With the speed of a winter whirlwind
A brief encounter, a downer
What should have been was drowned by what always will

He sings a chant, only too late
She's already pulled by the wind, taken adrift
They're lost in the sound
Like déjà vu, when the song stops it's gone

Vanished, faded, it never happened
It never happened

Adrift

Purchase / Acheter

Written, performed & produced by N. Albin in september 2017.

          *****
From a distance
It all seems so quiet
No one would guess
It's such a mess

From this virgin land
It's like a haven
In certain times
In certain times

Keep daydreaming
It's but a haven
That you're saving
For better times

The leaders
Have tamed you well
As if you're meant to be deceived
They twisted
Your common sense
You're only taught what to believe

From a distance
The shape is freaky
What a furnace
The throes of progress

In the morning
Blue turned to dark red
Post modern times
Post modern times

The leaders
Have tamed you well
As if you're meant to be deceived
They twisted
Your common sense
You're only taught what to believe

So desperately shallow
Up to a point hard to conceive
You build up your own gallows
Whereas you beg for a reprieve

Your contradictions kill
Your contradictions

A Parallax Error

A Parallax Error (New Mix)

Both tracks taken from upcoming LP "Eigengrau". 
LP out on November 1st. 
Available at : thencametherain.bandcamp.com

Eigengrau

Synchronize

Bloody Mary

Written by Death In June
Performed and produced confined at home by TCTR on March 14th & 15th, 2020, while the post-modern plague is spreading outside. 
Special guest vocalist : Eleanor Albin-Lattner.

Free download at : thencametherain.bandcamp.com

Europa: The Gates Of Heaven [Death In June cover]

Words & Music : N. Albin
Recorded in March 2020, with a 1986 Yamaha Portasound PSS460 and an additional Fender Telecaster.


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They sit in the war room
Watch the bomb as it blows
While we cower
In our boxes

They plot in the war room
And take the little we owned
They're spreading the fear
In our boxes

They reign from the war room
Sort out who'll live and who won't
We are cattle
In our boxes

They're taking over, it's obvious now...
They're taking over, it's obvious now...

They're taking over
(Can't you see ?)
They're taking over
(While we're in our boxes)

They're taking over
(Can't you see ?)
They're taking over
(While we're in our boxes)

Shock Doctrine (PSS460 Version)

Free download :
https://thencametherain.bandcamp.com/album/blasphemous-rumours

Vocals, bass, guitar, ukulele & electronics : Nicolas A.
Recorded and mixed by TCTR.
Written by Martin L. Gore.

Blasphemous Rumours [Depeche Mode cover]

‹‹  At the beginning, there was only sludge. Then came a cold dark rain to wash it off... ››

THEN CAME THE RAIN is a solo project by Nicolas ALBIN.

Location : France.
Label : Icy Cold Records.

THEN CAME THE RAIN

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