Dead Can Dance - Anastasis

Dead Can Dance - Taking the Greek word for "resurrection" as the title of their epic, long-awaited reunion makes perfect sense for Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard, the Aussie duo who first found a burgeoning cult for their magnificent and cinematic music in the mid-80's... this is DCD's eighth studio album and first since splitting up in 1996 // Release: Anastasis (August 14) // Sounds like: the prog/rock soundscapes sound more dense and dramatic than ever -- grand ideas, lyrically and musically, equally matched by grand and exotic sonic splendor...as their bio puts it, "there’s surely no other musical force on the planet that sounds so stately and yet mesmeric; who combine so effortlessly the spiritual and the earthbound with music that’s not tied to any one century, but roams freely between the ages as well as the continents"...

Quote: "I love the eastern influence that comes from being a crossroads between east and west, the kaleidoscopic mosaic of those fused cultures, while the further west you go, the more it’s a mono-cultural society." - Brendan Perry // What we like: while the album's tracks -- nearly all well over six minutes long -- can occasionally get bogged down in plodding orchestration, you can't help but marvel at the sheer scope of the Dead Can Dance vision..."Amnesia" drifts and sways on a gentle current of strings, ticking electronic percussive and lavish piano fills, Perry's moody baritone managing to fill every last unoccupied space..."Kiko" exemplifies the worldly feel of the album, Gerrard's soaring, heavily reverbed vocals and Morroccan influences lending a travelogue touch...

Dead Can Dance - "Amnesia" (Edit from Anastasis)

Dead Can Dance - "Kiko" (from Anastasis)