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More info at http://www.myspace.com/angelwhore - These are ten beautifully crafted songs which would sound great played just with vocals and a guitar. The melodies are extremely strong, and you'll likely find yourself humming the chorus to Down at the oddest times, before you even realize it. However, there is an incredible depth of field in the soundscaping on Anomie too, which literally makes the music come alive in the mind's eye. Jez says, "I wanted to include the expressiveness of musical styles outside the normal range of rock/metal, drawing from such diverse sources as Mongolian throat singing," - the ghostly growling drones of Tibetan "Kaargyra" open the album in the haunting "Void" - "... and the plainsong of early European music" - which can be heard stalking the stifling "Hollow Ground", and the dark majesty of "Betrayal" . "The album is basically about loss; l...