when i was doing my between the buried and me series two months ago, gathering information on the net, i stumbled upon prayer for cleansing several times. i already had a vague idea of what they sounded like from the 'old days', a.k.a. myspace. but i never drew the connection to btbam. they were kind of the forerunner band, sharing two members that would go on founding btbam, with btbam vocalist tommy among them.
the flame of my interest was now lit and i headed over to the tube to check some music. the first song i checked out was 'salvation'. in a way it sounded familiar and i really liked it. after a quick discogs search i found a seller from finland offering 'the tragedy' 7" for a reasonable price. i pulled the trigger and here we are.
there are three songs on this 7", the first one, 'the closet', is a song from the vault that the band re-recorded. the lyrical story to it is pretty heavy stuff. it's about a friend of the singer david anthem, who comitted suicide. david found said friend hung in the closet. boy, that story gives me a hollow feeling in the belly.
song two was specifically written for this farewell release and 'salvation' is a cover of the cranberries' song of the same name. that's why it sounded familiar! despite my usual refusal of cover songs, this one is real good. the whole 7" is. really like it. to get a hold on their full length will be quite difficult though. well, time will tell. second press on opaque mint green out of 516 copies. surprise attack records/ war torn records/ southern empire records. 2004.
