All Souls

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Budgie also showed off his tom-heavy rhythmic skill on Ju Ju’s legendary trailer hit, “ Spellbound,” where John McGeoch too came into his own. Instead of the expected guitar overload this dramatic song would seem to require, McGeoch instead set the scene by playing phased arpeggios and inventive chord patterns before propelling the song ever onwards with some breathtaking 12-string acoustic guitar work. One of the finest moments in Kiss In The Dreamhouse, the majestic “Melt!” is a good illustration, as it evoked the spirit of 19th Century French poet Charles Baudelaire. Siouxsie’s graphic vignettes, such as “Handcuffed in lace, blood and sperm/Swimming in poison, gasping in the fragrance,” brilliantly evokes the heady temptations provided by sex and opium – among the decadent subjects explored in depth in Baudelaire’s first (and most famous) volume of poetry, Les Fleurs du mal ( The Flowers Of Evil). Innovation remained the watchword throughout Siouxsie and company’s career, but they didn’t just strive to challenge themselves while writing their own material; they also had a talent for working their inspirational magic on the songs they chose to cover.The collection features new and unique artwork directed by Siouxsie featuring a marigold; the symbolic flower of the Mexican Day of the Dead/All Souls Day festivities. Siouxsie has often distanced herself from the term “goth.” “‘Juju’ had a strong identity, which the goth bands that came in our wake tried to mimic, but they simply ended up diluting it,” she wrote in the sleeve notes for the album’s 2006 reissue. Yet there’s no doubt she transformed the role of a female frontwoman into something powerful, mysterious, and dominant. She may have been ambivalent about “goth” as a movement, but her fascination for the supernatural and the darker side of film and literature often bled into the Banshees’ best songs.

The band’s seminal catalog of original studio albums began with 1978’s The Scream and concluded with their 11th and final release, 1995’s Rapture. Their Once Upon A Time/The Singles – 1978 to 1981 retrospective was reissued on vinyl in December 2020. John McGeoch was my favorite guitarist of all time,” Siouxsie told the UK’s The Independent in 2004. “He was into sound in an almost abstract way. I loved the way that I could say, ‘I want this to sound like a horse falling off a cliff,’ and he would know exactly what I meant. He was easily, without a shadow of a doubt, the most creative guitarist the Banshees ever had.”

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When we were growing up, Siouxsie And The Banshees were the best at making great pop music with really heavy topics,” Primal Scream frontman and lifelong fan Bobby Gillespie told Vogue in a 2016 interview. Goods that are faulty or sent in error must be returned to Crash Records Limited, 35 The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 6PU within 7 working days of the item being received by the customer.