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Principle Of Pain

by FOTOCRIME

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©ough©ool FOTOCHRIME has such a mystical quality that just sucks me in Favorite track: The Soft Skin.
dramaofexile
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dramaofexile Really strong lyrics and delivery.. for me this is what stands out with
Fotocrime. Lyrics that really stay with the listener in a big way. Favorite track: Love In A Dark Time.
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Adam Timbs This album has strong energy. Strong beats and guitar lines bend a dirty urban shadow over some fine lyrics.

Gothwave with grit, lacking entirely the empty posh that has undermined other bands of this ilk in the past.

Principle of Pain is infectious, and while it will certainly appeal to existing fans of this sound, it definitely stands on its own in a world over-saturated with empty throwback bands and regressive pop music. Favorite track: Infinite Hunger For Love.
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Nathan Neugebauer This album is really poignant right now. Like driving in a fast car, this album is over before you know it! My favorite part of the album is the way that the vocals are really clear, good job on the production! Go see them live! 8/10. Favorite track: Love In A Dark Time.
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jared excellent post-punk. great synths, vocals, and melodies. Favorite track: Confusing World.
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1.
NADIA (LAST YEAR’S MEN) I see the world in miniature It doesn’t make sense A hanging palace falling down A blue rose in your hand The nerve of some men Your contempt was earned by rule Nadia, they lied Last year’s men won’t hide us From the next one Nadia, they lied There’s no explaining why Like a photo of a crime Through a window at night The mystery’s all wrong There’s a dial tone on the line But no one to answer And save you From their intention It’s my turn to change The process, the talk The principle of pain Come and see me then As the cell door locks On the regime of men Nadia, they lied Last year’s men won’t hide us From the next one Nadia, they lied There’s no explaining why Nadia, they’re last year’s men
2.
LOVE IN A DARK TIME I was well received Among the grifters and thieves Of the night Concealed in disguise Among the actors of crime Out of sight Found safety in your eyes Found love in a dark time Oh, we’ll find a way Through this decay Even angels disobey You brought me love in a dark time I broke from their chains And left behind my name As their prize In the sound of the flames The crackling contained A lullaby Among the grifters and thieves Among the bristles and weeds Oh, we’ll find a way Through this decay Even angels disobey You brought me love in a dark time
3.
DON’T PITY THE YOUNG Don’t pity the young The brazen and brash ones They’ll keeping coming on To torment your traditions The leaves won’t fall The chimes won’t call Years won’t move along in your Dream of desperately holding on With red lips and tongues From orange tips of toy guns They’ll bury the bones Of gray men and their black lungs The leaves won’t fall The chimes won’t call Life slows to a crawl in your Bid to desperately keep it all Don’t pity the young The brazen and brash, the fearless and bold All who believe they’ll never grow old Don’t pity the young Young hearts in the breeze They sleep with the lights on They’ll put us at ease And wipe out all obstructions The leaves won’t fall The chimes won’t call Years won’t move along in your Dream of desperately holding on If youth’s a disease Then love is the symptom Brings you to your knees And dismantles your kingdom The leaves won’t fall The chimes won’t call Life slows to a crawl in your Bid to desperately keep it all Don’t pity the young The brazen and brash, the fearless and bold All who believe they’ll never grow old Don’t pity the young
4.
THE ROSE AND THE THORN White flashing lights Dance with yellow lines A stop in a quiet town Cold night without a sound Heavy eyes from the drive And the long year behind It never let us breathe Left us in between Found a room with no view No source of heat Cigarette burned sheets The place where our legs meet The rose and the thorn The sharp point and the leaf The long place between you and me You stood at the window In the middle of night I saw your silhouette Black shape cut by the light We need to escape Leave the fools to their games Find a place with the sane A place with no name The rose and the thorn The sharp point and the leaf The long place between you and me
5.
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AUTONOIR See my love in a black car Drive away from me See her eyes through the dark glass Not a tear Not a tear for me See my love in a taxi At the crest of dawn Watch her drop her head as the wheels turn Raise her hand Raise her hand to me Don’t let your lovelight fade Don’t stop your love’s rain down on me Heard the message sung by the engine’s roar I heard, “Love will bring you to your knees.” See my love in the back seat Of a hired car Two tail lights like a cat’s eyes Staring back Staring back at me Don’t let your lovelight fade Don’t stop your love’s rain down on me Heard the message sung by the engine’s roar I heard, “Life will bring you to your knees.”
6.
GODS IN THE DARK In the final days of Earth The last two lovers left to love They will feel the same, the same As the stars crash through the trees And shatter all philosophy They will know our name, our name This is our calling This is our curse This is us We are gods in the dark Idols of heart This is us All will tremble at the sound Of their empire coming down They will look to blame, blame The thieves of passion that they caught In the humid summer rot They will know our game, game This is our calling This is our curse This is us We are gods in the dark Idols of heart This is us Lift us up, tear us down Do it all over again, again
7.
ENDURING CHILL The walls sweat at night, my dear Try to sleep until the dawn Flashes of light appear With your eyelids closed and numb Brace for the change that’s here Like seasons that never come Love falls into my hand And soon enough it’s gone Time with you Is a cruel trick played Question of why Is a fool’s price paid A short time here It’s a process of will Leaves me with an enduring chill Vault of nature’s gift, my dear That we’re never to belong Font of endless conscious fear Pride never to be wrong Glass filled with wine to toast The lovers all moved on A night market for the ghost All dancing to the song Time with you Is a cruel trick played Question of why Is a fool’s price paid A short time here It’s a process of will Leaves me with an enduring chill
8.
INFINITE HUNGER FOR LOVE Live a charmed life Like few have ever known Soaked in sunlight And never felt the cold Try to read his mind But you will never know Endless mystery A god with eyes aglow Claw at the cage door every night Animal with an infinite hunger for love Cry at the crack of beaming light Just a beast with an infinite hunger for love Stalks all lovers To hear what they won’t betray A crash in moonlight Undoes everything you made Try to catch him and You’ll hold on all your days Is it our cursed heart That we most want those that fade Claw at the cage door every night Animal with an infinite hunger for love Cry at the crack of beaming light Just a beast with an infinite hunger for love (For Willie)
9.
CONFUSING WORLD Live by night Tear the old guard down They won’t recognize you now Confusing world Fed on the husk of history With an infinite hunger for blood Bide your time Synthetic sins and mysteries Never held the elixir for love It’s a confusing world we’re living in, by and by Confusing world all the time Loose the knot Let life into the old heart Yield yourself to no one now Spinning globe Slows down for no man And the sky won’t shelter for long It’s a confusing world we’re living in, by and by Confusing world all the time
10.
THE SOFT SKIN We must hide our contempt Say too much and you’ll slip A facade of black silk Floats away with our guilt Hallucinations of love Seduced us like a gold lust The endless patterns of hearts Are stitched together like scars In the trance of the soft skin I don’t recall too much Time erased the worst parts Of a life lived so far Failure found at each start Day for night with no sound Gray light raining down See the fiction I chose A monochrome reel exposed In the trance of the soft skin

about

Following 2017's acclaimed EPs Always Hell and Always Night, the dark post-punk trio FOTOCRIME have announced details for their debut full-length album, Principle Of Pain. FOTOCRIME is the creation of singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist R (aka Ryan Patterson, longtime tentpole of the Louisville music scene). Set for a May 18 release on Patterson's own Auxiliary Records, Principle Of Pain boldly returns drum machines and analog synthesizer sequencing to the forefront of the guitar-rock landscape, resulting in an album that confidently displays a mastery of song craft and stylistic range while crafting an distinct sonic identity.

Written and demoed in his home studio over the course of a year, R shared his work with no one before traveling to Baltimore to record the album with producer J. Robbins, a friend and collaborator of nearly two decades. The album was performed entirely by R, with a small handful of contributions from friends, including future FOTOCRIME band members Shelley Anderson and Nick Thieneman. Principle Of Pain is a deeply personal album, the singular work of an artist traversing the peaks and valleys of his obsessions, loves, and fears soundtracked by massive beats, warm synths, and guitars that veer from chiming cleans to blown out fuzz. The stunning original album cover artwork was painted by Chicago-via-Barcelona artist Noelia Towers, known for her beautiful, challenging artwork depicting elements of BDSM and feminine power. An in-demand painter and apparel designer, this is her first commissioned album artwork.

Following their April 2017 live debut, FOTOCRIME spent seven months extensively touring North America and Europe on their own successful self-booked tours, released the aforementioned EPs to fan and critical accolades, and established themselves as one of the most sonically and visually exciting new bands to emerge in the post-punk/alternative landscape, leading Revolver to proclaim "FOTOCRIME is darkwave heaven." Found drenched in fog with sunglasses on and collar upturned toward the world, FOTOCRIME commands both pleasure and pain with unshakeable cool determination.

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released May 18, 2018

Fotocrime is
R: vocals, guitars, bass guitar, synthesizers, programming

with
Nick Thieneman: guitars, vocals
Shelley Anderson: bass guitar, vocals
Mother: drums

and appearances by
Janet Morgan, J. Robbins, and Pete Moffett

Produced, engineered, and mixed by J.Robbins
Recorded and mixed at The Magpie Cage Baltimore, MD
During January, February, and July 2017
Assistant engineer Matt Redenbo

Mastered by Dan Coutant at Sun Room Audio

Cover painting by Noelia Towers
Band photos by Amber Thieneman
Layout design by R

All songs written by R
Copyright 2018 Fotocrime (BMI)

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FOTOCRIME Louisville, Kentucky

Fotocrime is singer/guitarist and producer Ryan Patterson, guitarist Nick Thieneman, and bassist Will Allard. With danceable, battle hymn drum machines and layered synths, Fotocrime brings monochrome clarity to electronic-meets-organic post-punk with driving bass, chiming guitars, and Patterson's unmistakable baritone. Fotocrime seethes with Cold War paranoia, modern-day malaise and smoky noir. ... more

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