Released
1996
Label
Projekt Records
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interview with LYCIA
Reviewed by
Kim Alexander
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Last Edit/Update
05 January, 1999
Lycia
Cold
1. Frozen
2. Bare
3. Baltica
4. Colder
5. Snowdrop
6. Drifting
7. December
8. Polaris
9. Later
Set in the
cold air and grey surroundings of Ohio in the heart of the midwest, USA,
"Frozen" begins the Cold journey with "...then I drift far and
whither so hard, I'm distant...I fade so far now...away." -- a grey soundscape of
deep synth, bass and guitar, fading drums. "Bare" sports drums, Tara and
Mike on vocals in a mysteriously dark ambiently textured over winding guitar of the
ongoing story, "I stagger out into this fading day, the mood is vacant and clouds are
grey. This day seems so bare and this air is so cold. I look around, Then
slide...I feel so old." Beautiful and breath-taking.
"Balitica" has gothic undertones, synths, keys, drums slow
and steady with an eerie church bell setting s whirling stage for memories.
"Colder" is a somber trek deeper into the CD withdrums finding their way through
the synth and guitar leading the listener even further into the frozen ambient maneuvers
of Lycia and the winter ahead. In "Snowdrop", Tara's incredible
voice paces the way into December, out of fall and comments,
I am seeing Christmas....Ahhh...In the garden with Venus, Ahhh...In my eyes they kiss,
Ahhh...Oh to be involved in this, All the aching sighs we miss, To live in purple scarlett
bliss, And swim with jeweled golden fish, And breathe the autumn air so crisp.
Emotion, ambient synth work, tasty guitar, drums and vocals blend to create a
chilling aural tapestry in "Cold." Don't miss out on this CD.
