Nosferatu D2 release debut album two years after breakup
Each time I write about Nosferatu D2 on here, I say to myself that it’ll be the last time. Excellent as they were, they broke up two years ago now, so what more can I keep saying? If I haven’t sold you on them by this point, odds are I’m not going to.
Step forward the “specialists in commercial suicide” Audio Antihero who have taken it upon themselves to finally get the debut Nosferatu D2 album a proper release. It would be easy to write this off as both pointless and/or foolhardy. These songs need to be out there though, and AA deserve nothing but praise for getting it done.
As with his more recent Superman Revenge Squad project, it’s Ben Parker’s songwriting abilities that are the main attraction here. Over the course of ten songs, we move from ferocious attacks on his home town of Croydon to melancholy laments at Christmas to that shitty feeling of every band disappointing you eventually. This is accompanied by music that shifts from the violently abrupt on some songs to subtle backing on others. It’s an odd record, one that regularly contradicts itself, but as a snapshot of what it’s like to be a young adult on the periphery of London, you’ll be hard pushed to find anything better.
Not bad for a band that was only around for a couple of years.
We’re Gonna Walk Around This City With Our Headphones On To Block Out The Noise should be released on October 16 via Audio Antihero. The songs have been remastered, artwork supplied by the band and comes with a retrospective inlay. You can’t say fairer than that for £5.99
This is wonderful news!
‘D2′ aren’t the only Nosferatu to be releasing new material after a lengthy hiatues. Gothic Rock Legends ‘Nosferatu’ release the first single from their forthcoming album on April 12th. The new single ‘Black Hole’ features the baritone voice of original Nosferatu vocalist Louis Dewray and is the first new material the band have released this centuary. All signs are that the new album promises to be a real return to form.