Saturday Submissions – Some Steampunk Music.
From our readers, a selection of Steampunk Music compilations for your perusal.
(From salubr1, via the BG forum):
” The Deadly Nightshade Botanical Society. The guitar player is the former guitar player of Abney Park. Dieselpunk interviewed them as an ‘Icon of Steampunk’ and they are about to release their second CD. This CD has changed my perspective a little bit. There’s a lot of honesty in this work and a lot of soul. The people who wrote this are genuine and they care about music. They have crafted a CD that I think most bands would be EXTREMELY proud to call their second work and here they are, their first full length product.
Now, this isn’t entirely fair of course. Robert Hazelton worked with Abney Park for the better part of a decade and a half. You can hear the mutual interest (well, up to the newest Abney Park, they could’ve still been collaborating!). These aren’t neophyte musicians plugging along on the hopes and dreams of accidental writing. These people are professional and know how to wring a feeling out of a song. Clockwork Dream opens the CD with the steampunk anthem style chorus and music. It’s melancholy, thoughtful and passionate. Dizzy’s vocals are new and come off as full of excitement. The bass work drives along wonderfully and the guitar is simply magical. If you are a musician, you’ll have to approve of the tones and sounds and if you’re not, you’ll simply love the song because that’s what you must do: love the clockwork dream!”
(From Steam Rabbit via the BG Forum)
“Steam Powered Giraffe has released their first CD. Our goal is to use pieces of all types of music spanning 113 years. From Vaudeville to Rock and Roll to Rap.
People have thrown names like The Beatles and Tim Burton our way. But I think like the act just has to be seen to understand, our sound just has to be heard.
The best way to hear our sound is to visit our Myspace Page, as we routinely put up and take out a collection of songs from our album. ”
