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"HALO STAR is brilliant! Bret Helm's vocals are mesmerizing, pulling me in with every delicious note. This is what I have been waiting to hear from Black Tape all along, I just never knew it until now." - Gothic Beauty Magazine Black tape for a blue girl is back with HALO STAR, their stunning 9th album. At once a departure and a return, HALO STAR's twelve stark songs take a melodic route while the rhythm hammers in dangerous nails. Songwriter/lyricist Sam Rosenthal meshes driving, male goth vocal-stylings with heavenly female voices and forceful percussion and acoustic guitar to create an involving album both rhythmic and lyrically engaging. In this, one of America's originators in the darkwave genre returns to its origins while creating an amazing new album sure to please fans old and new alike. Tracks: 1 Glow 2 Tarnished | 45 Second MP3 3 the Gravediggers 4 Your love is sweeter than wine 5 Indefinable, yet | 45 second MP3 6 Knock three times | 45 second MP3 7 Scarecrow | 45 second MP3 8 Damn swan! | 45 Second MP3 9 Already forgotten 10 the Fourth footstep 11 Dagger 12 Halo star | 45 second MP3 In Stores: August 31. Introductory $11.98 List Price With that list price, it doesn't pay to bootleg! * On tour in September and October. Click here for show details as they are added. * College Radio servicing/tracking to over 300 stations by 380space * Recent track on Hot Topic-exclusive compilation exposed the band to 20,000 new fans * Web-only "Tanished" single whet the appetite for this release; positive press, too * "Tanished," "Knock Three Times," and "Scarecrow" receiving club play * Promotion to 25,000 fans via postcard, website, email list * Packaged in a jewel box with extensive 20 page booklet. well halo come down from the stage - fell down - he slumps into somebody's arms wounds torn open, desire exposed. we grab for a piece of his soul. "i have been broken, divided, annihilated." a thousand dreams left in bloody heaps. halo at the center, shouting and whispering truth... Vocalist Bret Helm is here to bring Sam's vision to life, while Elysabeth Grant's sensual vocals spotlight a quarter of HALO STAR's tracks. Multi-instrumentalist Michael Laird provides acoustic guitar, percussion and dulcimer; Bret plays guitar and bass. Also featured are Lisa Feuer on flute and Vicki Richard on violin. Sam provides the electronics, faux piano, and even has a Moog solo! "Our live audience really responded to the percussion and guitar we incorporated into our shows over the last couple of years," Sam comments. "I asked Michael and Bret to get more involved in the recording, because I wanted to play to that strength. This is an album that sounds like a 'band' - a concept that might surprise some, coming from black tape for a blue girl. I reduced my keyboard parts to the fundamentals on many songs, which allows the songs to shine through." Black tape for a blue girl has always pushed the boundaries, exploring new sounds and moods within the Darkwave genre. With HALO STAR, they appear in a new form that's unnervingly familiar.