The long awaited debut album from NYC's Blacklist is finally available. Grandiose guitars sustain and reverberate throughout each track, iconicly evoking the The Cult, The Mission and The Chameleons. They've got the benefit of great production quality to really bring out the sound to give it the polish it deserves. With the guitars in the forefront, the bass is superbly thick and mortars it all together for a rock solid rhythm foundation. The lyrics provide a visual and emotive view of a dramatic and violent world of oppression and revolution, striving to reach out and attain enlightenment. Maybe I'm waxing too much there, but the lyrics are that descriptive, filmily romantic.
'Midnight of the Century' includes updated versions of both the previously released singles "Shock In The Hotel Falcon" and "Language Of The Living Dead". The hit of the album seems to be upbeat and star-reaching "Flight of the Demoiselles" by well-established rock sources like SPIN and The Village Voice, but the more brooding and dark cloud-rumbling "Odessa" strikes me better. While 'Midnight' might be a little too bright and not Wierd enough for some tastes, it certainly serves as a gateway for the oldschool gothrock fans into the modern age, and the modern age into the oldschool gothic fake-fog filled dancehalls.
