![]() ![]() Here Dead Can Dance brings certain details to the front from song to song, creating a carefully mixed combination of classical Near-Eastern, Middle-Eastern and Mediterranean sounds, with song structures like folk marches and swirling, languid dances inspired by ancient and timeless music and finessed out of modern electronics. With essentials like “Host of Seraphim” seeming like they were written specifically for the screen (for example, as a sonic backdrop to the stirring conclusion of 2007’s The Mist) that kind of exposure to Dead Can Dance is not a bad way to approach Anastasis, the band’s first release in 16 years.īeginning immediately with strong opener “Children of the Sun”, Anastasis is an album that feels incredibly focused from start to finish, continuously building a singular atmosphere that invokes flickering candles and the smell of incense and spices hanging in the air. ![]() ![]() Any newcomers to Dead Can Dance via Anastasis likely know the band from a few of the pair’s more theatrical songs popping up in soundtracks or Lisa Gerrard’s incredible vocal talents scoring films for the last few years. ![]()
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