About a month ago I reviewed A Place To Bury Strangers latest release. That band were formed out of the ashes of the wonderful Skywave. As were Ceremony. But unlike A Place To Bury Strangers who relocated to New York, the members that were to become Ceremony stayed in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Ceremony, like Skywave before them, mix up noise pop and shoegaze sounds whilst adding a more electro feel. I think the band take influences like New Order, My Bloody Valentine and dare I say, early 80s Sisters of Mercy (maybe it's the use of the drum machine that makes me think of the early goth rockers and their Dr. Avalanche recordings) and meld it together to make a beautiful cacophony where drum machine beats compete against guitars. 'Disappear' is the follow up to Ceremony's self titled mini CD that came out back in 2005. Ceremony have a fairly electronic feel on songs like 'Nothing Inside'. Whilst 'I Heard You Call My Name' is awash with guitars - this is probably the closest they come to the old Skywave sound. But that's the beauty of Ceremony that they are taking their sound forward and moving to incorporate electro pop into their wall of sound approach.
You can buy the CD from Safranin sound.
Ceremony on My Space
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