Halloween somehow crept up on us once again, which makes me rather terrified that another year has come and gone in the blink of an eye. Ok, so really I was all about allusions to Halloween in that last sentence, but, in case you've been living in a dungeon for the past few months or something, Halloween is this coming Tuesday. BOO. Aside from a soundtrack of howling wind, creaks, screams, and footsteps, music is a rather special, important piece in creating the proper Halloween atmosphere. We could wax on about all the creepy/spooky/scary/etc. music that's around, but I'd like to share an album that was just released yesterday by Nashville electronic artist Makeup and Vanity Set.
Charles Park III is 8 tracks of cold, eerie synthesizer-heavy songs that are a perfect accompaniment, a perfect soundtrack, to Halloween. It's not all gloomy and depressing -- there's a bit of that electropop energy present -- but it's certainly not something you'd listen to driving to the beach or while you hang in the sunshine. It's much like watching a horror movie in that it feels safe and inviting one moment, and then sinister, unsettling the next with the entrance of a dark synthesizer chord or tone (the piercing ring that haunts "The Faceless Man" is a perfect example). Don't be afraid, click play.
Makeup and Vanity Set - "Blood Oath"
Makeup and Vanity Set - "The Faceless Man"
Hear Charles Park III in its entirety below.
STREAM/DOWNLOAD via Bandcamp: Makeup and Vanity Set - Charles Park III
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