Dance House Children A Windswept Place (from Songs & Stories, 1991)
this might be the third time i’ve posted about the brothers Martin’s earliest project, but these records deserve it because they’re endlessly fascinating—the first one, Songs & Stories, especially. images of windswept tundra, endless fields, flowing creeks and overgrown forests rendered as flowery, baroque dreamscapes, anchored by ronnie’s fey whisper, plus orchestra hits and gated snares galore, and recorded under the bed shoved into a corner of the basement. it’s otherworldly, and despite its pious christian heterosexuality, it feels exceptionally... queer? teenage psb/new order impressionism. every song is a gem with its own world, i love it.
btw, ronnie’s recent album, Chariot of God, reminds me of S&S in how evocative it is... definitely worth seeking out. conjures these beautiful, vast natural environs via electronics
