THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE
PRECIOUS HEARTS
Canadian dark-pop act The Birthday Massacre have just issued a video for ‘Precious Hearts’, a song included on their current album ‘Fascination’. The clip was cut to footage filmed at a show in their home city of Toronto in October 2022 during a North American tour to promote the album, shortly before they arrived in the UK to play a long-awaited (and sold out) ten date UK tour.
TBM will be on tour in the US again from late April, with nine headlining shows bookending eleven further guest slots with Lacuna Coil. Their full itinerary can be seen below.
Formed in 2000, TBM incorporate elements of electronica, goth and new wave into their lush and atmospheric dark-pop sound. They have issued nine full-length studio records to date and had originally planned to tour their brooding and mystical eighth album, ‘Diamonds’ (2020). However, the pandemic intervened and eventually led the band to make ‘Fascination’, which was released in February 2022.
Expansive yet intimate, ‘Fascination’ is TBM’s most fully realised effort to date, with the group’s signature blend of captivating electronics, aggressive guitars, cinematic melodies and beautifully bewitching vocals on full display. The album shows that their music and the magical world it creates remains ever captivating.
FASCINATION
album out now
[Metropolis Records]
“Alluring and powerful, their songs remain driven by powerful guitar, electronics that inject a melodic and elevating touch, on top of which the charismatic vocals of Chibi bring passion, fragility and grace”
SIDE-LINE
“Synthesizer heavy music sets them apart while also wearing their 1980s influences on their sleeves. A must have album for fans”
DEVOLUTION MAGAZINE
“Bolstered production-wise, even the subtle elements have a harder beating heart. Every track is good and its own pure indulgence 8/10”
AVE NOCTUM
“Takes cues from their past, redefined in excitingly fresh ways. A love letter to their fans and an easy recommendation for any newcomers, it’s a breathtaking new world that also feels comfortingly familiar” EPITOME OF EPIC
“Unique, ethereal and blindingly otherworldly, ‘Fascination’ is an excellent addition to their exciting discography 10/10”
SOUNDSCAPE
“Oozing confidence and self-assurance, this is their most polished and considered collection of songs yet”
GET READY TO ROCK!
also includes the single
DREAMS OF YOU
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THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE photography by Andrea Hunter
THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE
Chibi – vocals
Rainbow – guitars, programming, vocals
Falcore – lead guitar
Phillip Elliott – drums
Owen – keyboards
Brett ‘Bat’ Carruthers – bass
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