Old and new combine on this sumptuous EP from synth-gloom heroes the Birthday Massacre.
The title track, "Looking Glass," is pulled from the band's Walking with Strangers album, a darkly lush dance-pop delight.
Three other tracks from that set are also featured here, but all in remixed form.
The driving dance of the gothy "Falling Down" now swirls about in a far spacier and doomier realm, while the muscular goth pop of "Weekend" is reinvented as a Depeche Mode-ish extravaganza.
In contrast, the Depeche-esque "Red Star" now undergoes two transformations -- initially into an airy, clubby delight, and then remodeled into lavish electronica fare.
That's the old; the new comes in the shape of "Shiver" and "Nowhere," the former a steamy gloom-pop number powered by irrepressible beats.
Its lyrical theme of a girl trapped in a cold, cruel world is re-created in the latter piece, a frigid instrumental wasteland swept by swirls of synths.
And finally, there's the old made new, as the Birthday gang frolics darkly through the past with a rollicking cover of Tommy James & the Shondells' '60s hit "I Think We're Alone Now," although it's probably mall rat supremo Tiffany's version they're intent on interring for good.
A video of this number is also included.
Something grand to keep fans going through the dark nights until the band's next album arrives.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking Glass | The Birthday Massacre | Play | 04:31 | 10 MB | 35 MB |
| 2 | Shiver | The Birthday Massacre | Play | 03:03 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 3 | I Think We're Alone NowRitchie Cordell | The Birthday Massacre | Play | 03:57 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 4 | Looking Glass | The Birthday Massacre | Play | 04:31 | 10 MB | 35 MB |
| 5 | Falling Down (Crawling Pulse Mix) | The Birthday Massacre | Play | 04:17 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 6 | Red Stars (Lukewarm Lover Mix) | The Birthday Massacre | Play | 03:37 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 7 | Nowhere (Instrumental) | The Birthday Massacre | Play | 02:05 | 4 MB | 10 MB |
| 8 | Red Stars (Space Lab Mix) | The Birthday Massacre | Play | 06:55 | 15 MB | 48 MB |
| 9 | Weekend (NYC 77 Mix) | The Birthday Massacre | Play | 04:03 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 37 mins | 84 MB | |||||
| 37 mins | 268 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apolonia Aguirre | Cast |
| 2 | The Birthday Massacre | Primary Artist |
| 3 | Maxine Bond | Production Assistant |
| 4 | Sam Chase | Cinematography |
| 5 | Ritchie Cordell | Composer |
| 6 | Dean Garcia | Remixing |
| 7 | Jason Goldman | Producer |
| 8 | Colin Janz | Programming |
| 9 | Dave Ogilvie | Mixing, Producer, Remixing |
| 10 | Dan Ouellette | Director |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |