{"id":62,"date":"2007-11-26T18:36:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-26T18:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/?p=62"},"modified":"2024-02-15T01:11:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T01:11:10","slug":"ceremony-our-last-goodbye-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/ceremony-our-last-goodbye-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceremony- Our Last Goodbye EP"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Very seldom can a stellar band split up and form two equal (if not better) bands in the wake of their demise. This is fortunately the case with Skywave, a since defunct noise-pop band from Virginia which yielded both previously covered A Place to Bury Strangers<\/a> and today’s band, Ceremony.<\/p>\n

Whereas APTBS was formed in NYC by guitarist Oliver Ackermann, ex-Skywave members Paul Baker and John Fedowitz continued on as Ceremony in their hometown of Fredericksburg, Virginia. Though Ceremony also continues down a similarly apocalyptic path with their blend of harsh noise rock, they’ve taken added a more notable synthetic element to their songs, which splinter with distortion, hard-hitting drum machines, and whirring electronic melodies.<\/p>\n

I’ve uploaded a single track from their newest offering, 2007’s full length recording, Disappear<\/em>. As a bonus, I’ve also zipped up an earlier EP for your listening pleasure.<\/p>\n

download Ceremony- ‘I Heard You Call My Name’<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ceremony- Our Last Goodbye<\/em> EP
\n1. Our Last Goodbye
\n2. Someday
\n3. Marianne
\n4. Do You Love Me?<\/p>\n

*download it here<\/a>*<\/p>\n

Lo and behold! For the first time in what feels like ages, I can effectively post purchasing links and live videos as additional treats, since Ceremony is a currently active band with easily available material. On that note, here’s an appropriately glitchy video for the song ‘You Never Stay,’ also featured on Disappear<\/em>.<\/p>\n