Japanese blog, Drowning in Melancholy aka DIM, reviewed ‘Aitu’ by Melodyguild — the early 2000’s band of Suzanne Perry. This mini-feature gives a brief overview of the band’s origin as it compares the sound of this album vs Love Spirals Downwards’ work. Here is a partial transcription care of Google Translate.
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Melodyguild ‘Aitu’ now on Bandcamp
At long last, ‘Aitu’ from Suzanne’s band, Melodyguild, is available on Bandcamp for your streaming and downloading pleasure. Check it out on the Projekt Bandcamp page.
A DJ in Los Angeles recently mentioned to me how much he loves this EP from Suzanne Perry – vocalist from Love Spirals Downwards. Hard to believe it’s been 12+ years since I released it on Projekt, but there ya go! Time…. time keeps on rushing bye.
Released in 2008 — the only post-FLUX release with her vocals on multiple tracks — AITU is a lovely shoegazer portent of a band that was never to be…
Sam of Projekt
The CD of this maxi-single released by Projekt is out of print.
Lovespirals Spotted at Club Violaine
Joe of drunkrockers.com caught a few shots of Ryan and Anji of Lovespirals at the Club Violaine 5 Year Anniversary party with formers members of The Von Trapps Nick Marshall, Rodney Rodriguez, and Matt Gleason. Rodney and Matt both played with Melodyguild for a time, and Matt is featured on the Aitu release. You can see the full set of photos from the show in the DrunkRockers Violaine Archive.
Melodyguild CD Release Party & Performance
Suzanne’s band, Melodyguild, are scheduled to have a CD release party at Club Violane in LA’s Chinatown district this Saturday. The band will be performing songs from their brand new release, Aitu, out now on Projekt Records.
Melodyguild EP Released by Projekt
The long awaited debut album by Melodyguild — the band of Love Spirals Downwards’ vocalist, Suzanne Perry — has finally been released! The ‘Aitu’ EP — originally announced in early 2003 — will officially drop June 10th, but it’s available online now via Projekt. This 4-song digipac CD is currently #6 on the Projekt Top 10 – congrats!
Suzanne Perry on New Falling You CD Human
Love Spirals Downwards’ singer, Suzanne Perry, appears on one song of the latest Falling You album, Human. “An Angel Ameliorate” is very ambient and sad with Suzy’s classic glossolalia style lyrics. To the best of my knowledge, this is her first released work since Melodyguild’s cover of “Sally’s Song” on the Projekt Holiday Single 2. You can check out the track for free from Magnatune here.
UPDATE: this won Best Vocal Album of 2006 from New Age Reporter. Congrats!
The album is now available on Bandcamp!
Melodyguild Featured in Gothic Beauty Mag
Suzanne’s band, Melodyguild — spelled here as Melody Guild — were interviewed for the Winter 2004 issue of Gothic Beauty. You can find print copies of this magazine in gothic leaning stores or pick up a digital copy of Gothic Beauty Issue 15 from the zinetastic site.
Melodyguild on Projekt’s ‘Holiday Single 2’
Projekt just released a limited edition Maxi CD in their popular Excelsis series entitled ‘Holiday Single 2.’ Here’s what it posted on the Projekt website:
Limited edition of 1000! The companion to Holiday Single 1 presents more splendid music to get you in the winter mood! It features the recording debut of melodyguild, the new band from former Love Spirals Downwards vocalist Suzanne Perry (doing a cover of “Sally’s Song” from The Nightmare Before Christmas), another beautifully chilling original from Projekt’s own Unto Ashes, and an original song from Middle Pillar Presents recording artist The Mirror Reveals. Packaged in an environmentally friendly 5″ cardboard wallet. Cover Photo by Vaclav Jirasek (website).
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Check out Holiday Single 2 on Projekt
Melodyguild EP Update
Suzanne’s band, Melodyguild, posted an update on their official website today:
Regarding the E.P. that you’ve all been waiting for….believe it or not, we are still hard at work in the studio. We are hoping we can post some music soon, but we haven’t decided yet what to post or when. We promise we will make a decision soon as we know you are all waiting!
– melodyguild.com
Melodyguild Featured on Generation Death
Suzanne’s new band, Melodyguild, premiered their first recorded song during a live in-studio interview with long time friend of the band, DJ Wednesday, on her seminal Gothic/Industrial radio program, Generation Death. The show airs on the college radio station KSPC 88.7 FM in Claremont, CA.