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fave it Progressive Rock | Goth
14 tracks | 66 minutes
Released Feb 2007
on The Streetlight Farm
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:39 Before The Storm/First Damnation lyrics BUY MP3 03:39 Before The Storm/First Damnation lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:39 Before The Storm/First Damnation
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:34 Angela lyrics BUY MP3 05:34 Angela lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:34 Angela
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:47 Adoration lyrics BUY MP3 03:47 Adoration lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:47 Adoration
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 08:07 Dead To The World lyrics BUY MP3 08:07 Dead To The World lyrics "GIFT MP3" 08:07 Dead To The World
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:37 Rebekka lyrics BUY MP3 03:37 Rebekka lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:37 Rebekka
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:48 Godmother lyrics BUY MP3 01:48 Godmother lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:48 Godmother
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:49 Seduction lyrics BUY MP3 05:49 Seduction lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:49 Seduction
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:21 Hope Springs Eternal lyrics BUY MP3 04:21 Hope Springs Eternal lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:21 Hope Springs Eternal
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:36 Shine (In The Haze) lyrics BUY MP3 04:36 Shine (In The Haze) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:36 Shine (In The Haze)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:53 Light lyrics BUY MP3 03:53 Light lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:53 Light
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:40 Acceptance lyrics BUY MP3 04:40 Acceptance lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:40 Acceptance
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:24 The Magician lyrics BUY MP3 06:24 The Magician lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:24 The Magician
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:17 Victoriana lyrics BUY MP3 05:17 Victoriana lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:17 Victoriana
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:09 The Desert Song lyrics BUY MP3 05:09 The Desert Song lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:09 The Desert Song
Remastered recordings from one of the UK's goth-rock legends.
Bio / Background
This compilation of demos and early recordings has been put together to meet overwhelming public demand for a CD release of Earth Calling Angela material. Until now, these tracks have only been available on cassette. For those unfamiliar with ECA, read on...
Earth Calling Angela entered into their embryonic phase when vocalist and songwriter Miles Fender was hazily shimmying through his teenage years - slowly acquiring equipment, the technical knowledge to use it, and piecing together his compositional talents.
The original ECA line-up was Miles (vocals, guitar, synths, samples, and drum programming), with childhood pal Stuart Barker (bass). It was in this form that the debut demo, 'First Damnation', was recorded in the Summer of 1992.
Soon after, Paul Broome was added to the line-up (as a second guitarist, and backing vocalist) to add a little more depth and power to the ECA sound - and make it possible for the songs to be performed live.
↓ more ↓Paul's addition to the ranks was soon followed by Stuart's quiet exit, due to a rapidly accelerating nomadic lifestyle.
The first gig took place in the Biko Bar at Coventry University in March 1993 (as part of the annual Band Society showcase). The second demo, 'Dead To The World', was released late in the same year, and a couple more gigs followed in 1994.
A big change to the dynamics of ECA came in 1995, when Miles and Paul decided to introduce the added stage presence of a third member. So it was that long time band friend Ridley McIntyre was invited to join the fray - and lay down the bass tracks in a live environment (his audition consisted of proving that he could learn and play the bass line to 'Dead To The World', for its entire 7 minute+ duration).
The trio entered the studio in 1995 to record the track 'Hope Springs Eternal' - which featured on the Alice In... 3CD set 'The Sounds of New Hope - Volumes 1 & 2', and gained the band much attention throughout Europe.
It was as a three-piece that the most memorable ECA gigs were performed, and also that the album 'Reverence In Kind' was recorded (unreleased - due to an incompetent sound engineer messing up the digital mix-down) in 1996 - with additional girlie vocals provided by Heather Slater, at that time guitarist in fellow Midlands Goth band Phantasmagoria, and now plying her trade with Pale Heather and The Monikers.
Between 1994 and -97, gigs at The Mercat in Birmingham saw ECA supporting the likes of Two Witches, The Merry Thoughts and All Living Fear. While one of the last gigs was at Rock City in Nottingham (the only gig outside the West Midlands!) supporting local heroes Die Laughing.
Both Miles and Ridley left the UK in 1998 for new lives (and beautiful wives) in the United States (West and East coasts respectively), and Earth Calling Angela sadly stepped off the UK Goth stage.
THE RETURN OF EARTH CALLING ANGELA
Until now... after 10 years Earth Calling Angela is back as an active Transatlantic force in the Goth arena! Defying all geography we're currently working on new material, the first evidence of this is now available in the forms of 'The Messenger' and 'Sweet Misery' at http://myspace.com/earthcallingangela
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