- Looming in the Gloom
Infobox Album
Name = Looming in the Gloom
Type = ep
Artist =The Gothic Archies
Released = Start date|1996|3
Recorded =
Genre =Indie pop ,gothic rock
Length = 9:17
Label =
Producer =
Reviews =
This album = "Looming in the Gloom"
(1996)
Next album = "The New Despair "
(1996)"Looming in the Gloom" is an EP released byThe Gothic Archies . This album marks the first appearance of the all-Merritt macabre synthpop synonymousThe Gothic Archies .Production
"Looming in the Gloom" was released on the
Hello CD of the Month Club (run by 'They Might be Giants ') in March of1996 . The third track "The Dead Only Quickly" was later transformed into aThe 6ths ' track sung byNeil Hannon only after his own band (The Divine Comedy ) covered it and released it as a b-side. The last track is the original mix of 'City of the Damned'.Track listing
# "The Abandoned Castle of My Soul" – 3:11
# "Your Long White Fingers" – 1:34
# "The Dead Only Quickly" – 1:10
# "In a Cave" – 1:41
# "City of the Damned" – 1:42References
* [http://musicbrainz.org/release/dbe2d073-109e-4a72-b5f2-23febc93604e.html MusicBrainz listing for "Looming in the Gloom"]
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