NEW CD's / Siiiii - Ancient (2006) (item no.: 244)

Label: King Sol
Released: 2006

Siiiii, from Sheffield UK, have had a truly unusual career indeed. Formed back in 1983, they were overly active for just about three years before folding, only to magically be resurrected back in 2006, year that saw the release of Ancient, the band debut release! Better yet, the 13 tracks featuring in this album are all recordings dating back to the initial period of activity of the band, now released for the first time in all their original tape-hiss glory. If you are a lover of all things goth, including over-the-top hairdos, then you'll be in love with Siiiii. Indeed, one of the initiators of the at scene, the 4-piece pioneered sounds that were shortly to become the bread and butter of the English scene. There is great songwriting, a superb vocalist, truly dark and moving atmospheres and an attitude moving from the strict post-punk of the opener Split to the wave of the closing bonus track. Ladies and gentleman, this is the real goth thing! So if you feed on the like of Bauhaus, March Violets, Joy Division, Danse Society, you know you will have to have a go at this one.

reviewed by Gianfri - www.darklifezine.de

As if a wish came true, the three-years-long-lived British band Siiiii have returned twenty years after their 1983-86 adventure with a release of a handful of their original recordings, many of them already considered ‘legendary’ hits in the gothic/post punk scene, that had remained in darkness and never been published. “Modern” is planned to follow it, with new material from the band… In this record you can find intense bass lines, naked & screeching guitars, a beautiful brooding voice and amazing lyrics. Siiiii’s music is sometimes slow and compressed and sometimes wild and full of anger. Desolation and menace can be found hand in hand in songs like “Split”, “Dust” or “Still Waters” – the combination of a punk spirit and a dark heart had never been so well defined. 

~ (CIM:7/8)CIM. 

Click on the Product Specification link to listen to Siiiii on their MySpace.