{"id":32614,"date":"2018-01-27T15:36:12","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T15:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=32614"},"modified":"2018-01-30T19:07:56","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T19:07:56","slug":"black-celebration-cocteaus-and-nin-producer-fryer-helms-debut-by-goth-post-punk-duo-mary-and-the-ram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/01\/black-celebration-cocteaus-and-nin-producer-fryer-helms-debut-by-goth-post-punk-duo-mary-and-the-ram\/","title":{"rendered":"BLACK CELEBRATION &#8211; Cocteaus And NIN Producer Fryer Helms Debut By Goth\/Post-Punk Duo Mary And The Ram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32618\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/01\/black-celebration-cocteaus-and-nin-producer-fryer-helms-debut-by-goth-post-punk-duo-mary-and-the-ram\/attachment\/19628\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/19628.jpg?fit=600%2C814&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,814\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"19628\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/19628.jpg?fit=600%2C814&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-32618 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/19628.jpg?resize=640%2C869&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"869\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify\">The pale hordes who descend on Whitby for the biannual Goth Weekend may just have found the perfect soundtrack for their journey.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify\">With esteemed\u00a0<strong>Cocteau Twins\/This Mortal Coil<\/strong> producer <a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/07\/cracked-mirror-black-needle-noise-maestro-john-fryer-on-his-new-album-lost-in-reflections\/\"><strong>John Fryer<\/strong><\/a> at the controls, York-based duo\u00a0<strong>Mary and the Ram<\/strong>\u00a0have come up with a modernist take on coffin-rattlers like\u00a0<strong>Bauhaus<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Love and Rockets<\/strong> and <strong>The\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Sisters of Mercy.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Fryer is also famed for his work with\u00a0<strong>Nine Inch Nails<\/strong> and you can feel the brooding influence of\u00a0<strong>Trent Reznor<\/strong> on the electronic post-punk twisted love story of debut A-Side\u00a0<strong><em>The Cross<\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Nick Cave<\/strong>-like gospel handclaps give way to nagging, insistent keyboard line and penetrating subterranean vocals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Both band members boast strong pedigrees of the Northern arts scene.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Singer, guitarist, programmer\u00a0<strong>Kiran Tanna\u00a0<\/strong>founded contemporary dance company <strong>VIAPERFORMANCE,<\/strong> while drummer <strong>Dom<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Smith\u00a0<\/strong>is the editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soundspheremag.com\/\"><strong>Soundsphere<\/strong><\/a> magazine.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\">\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js<\/a><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"text-align: center\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p>     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Their appetite for drama is evident on the B-side to the new single, seven-minute opus\u00a0<em><strong>The Dream<\/strong><\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Described by Tanna as an attempt to capture a ritualised, pervasive feeling, it&#8217;s a hallucinatory spoken-word monologue set to washes of electronica, which explodes into a throbbing mass of overdriven guitar and pulsating beats.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The single will be followed by an EP in the Summer, with live UK dates to follow.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Digital single\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>The Cross<\/strong><\/em><strong> b\/w\u00a0<em>The Dream\u00a0<\/em>is out now through <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnonRecordsUK\">Anonymous Records<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>For more on Mary and the Ram visit their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MaryAndTheRam\">Facebook<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/MaryAndTheRam\">Twitter <\/a><\/strong><b>sites<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"720\" style=\"position: relative; 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