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Since its debut in 1986, Sam Rosenthal's black tape for a blue girl has developed an intensely loyal following among lovers of ethereal, darkwave and gothic music. With the scavenger bride, black tape continues the neoclassical turn introduced on its groundbreaking 1996 album remnants of a deeper purity, integrating a string section into the band's unique mix of lush, hauntingly beautiful keyboards and enchanting male and female vocals. the scavenger bride, Black tape's eighth release, is a lovingly crafted album that tells the darkly romantic tale of a bride-to-be's decomposition and emotional restructuring, together with accounts of the bachelors who have wooed and lost her, all narrated by the mysterious Schavager. Set in 1913 Prague, the recurring characters and themes running throughout the thirteen songs nurture black tape for a blue girl's first true "concept album." Inspired in part by the writings of Franz Kafka and the artworks of Marcel Duchamp, lyricist/son...