Album Notes

The Plague was a powerful force in the growth of the 80's goth scene, and was #1 for airplay at some radio stations. The Plague album is a considered a classic by many.

Reviews of The Plague

MELODY MAKER

The Gothic genre has grown and grown...“Make of this what you will,” bellows Mathur, delivering it discus-style. I make a cocktail dress only to be arrested down Old Compton Street, but not before succumbing to the dark rites within.
It’s simple. The photo, of three disheveled lovelies, sunning themselves in a coach which deserves Vincent Price as its driver, says it all. Forty five grave with more style, cold and cunning.

As though Kate Bush was having a mental breakdown, Margot Day howls in ethereal fashion down the endless corridors of the songs, flute warbling away in “Vampyre”, reminiscent of Bauhaus “Dard Entries” uplifting in gloom and silence. The Plague have this way with perfume and decay.

Maddening with their thumping drums, they invest “murder” with the growling guitar and busy bass, abruptly disheveled in “Never Die”. Impressively disorientating, spookily effective, they hold you captive with dripping guitars and tick tock percussion. “Dirty bodies in the night, stinking needs and rotting lives,”sings Margot, ever the sweet-talker. “Now I want to kill them all, hold them tight and squeeze their balls.” Saucy! ---Mick Mercer
. . .goes beyond the limits. . . --Jack Rabid, ROCKPOOL
. . .Their music is an interesting blend of heavy rythms and light, Gothic melodies eerily layed out by Margot’s seductive vocals. The effect is powerful, hypnotic, and soothing, all in a very chilling way. . . 'Never Die' is a real masterpiece. A delicate weave of just the right ingredients to perfect the spell. Now this is magic! --EARWAX

. . .really good, lots of fun. --MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL

. . .I have to recommend this. . . --FLIPSIDE

. . .brilliant mysticism. . .--SMASH APATHY

. . .The Plague presents some pretty impressive talents, mostly in the person of Margot Day.,the group’s lead singer and flutist. Day is a graceful and dynamic vocalist around whom The Plague wisely build its sound. . . Overall, the group has succeeded in its fusion of tough, muscular rhythms and fluid, ethereal overtones. . . --LIVELY ARTS


URBAN RAG

The Plague is a New York band that has been around for a couple of years and have now put out their first album. . . a strong first album too. They have a dark sound with quite an edge to it. Singer Margot Day has a voice that a lot of people would say has a kind of a Banshees/4AD sound, but has style all her own. Margot also plays the flute, this adds a nice touch to a few of the songs. . .


--Geddy
UNDERGROUND

Hotsy- Tasteful and Tenacious. . . a near classic. . . Poetry!


--Daz Igymeth