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Lycia : Empty Space
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The latest & presumed final album by Lycia. After 15 years working on drum machine rhythms & becoming legends in the darkwave style, Lycia explores their original post-punk roots.
Genre: Rock: Goth
Release Date: 2003
Empty Space Record Label: Silber Records
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Not Here, Not Anywhere 4:32 $0.99
You Can Never Go Home Again 4:52 $0.99
Persephone 4:26 $0.99
Fur & Thistle 5:04 $0.99
Hope Is Here 5:04 $0.99
Violent Violet 4:32 $0.99
Bloody Basin 4:49 $0.99
The Long Drive 5:05 $0.99
This Is The End 3:58 $0.99
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Album Notes

Empty Space is a work of dark, atmospheric, post-punk, comprised entirely of treated guitars, bass, & drum machines. It is perhaps Lycia's closest brush with making a pop-oriented album, though the cold rhythms of the vintage drum machine are just pieces of a much larger picture. Mike's whispered, desert-parched musings duel with Tara's more ethereal vocals & land atop shimmering, melodic, treble-boosted guitar lines. The result is a sound that's more Durutti Column than Cabaret Voltaire & more Chameleons than Joy Division, but always recognizable as Lycia.

In this way, Empty Space is a return to the original atmospheric post-punk style Lycia helped birth back in the late-80's, before 1991's groundbreaking Ionia & 1993's apocalyptic A Day In The Stark Corner. The return to form was made authentic by the involvement of original member John Fair (drum programs) & long time member David Galas (bass), who once again teamed up with Mike VanPortfleet & Tara VanFlower to create what would be this, the final Lycia album.

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