{"id":6307,"date":"2025-07-01T14:35:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T14:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/?p=6307"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T14:36:10","slug":"mumbles-two-clouds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/mumbles-two-clouds\/","title":{"rendered":"Mumbles – Two Clouds"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think I’ve been meaning to post this album for… I dunno, five years now? How time flies…<\/p>\n

Here we have the lone album from US-based band Mumbles, released in 1990. While Mumbles may not be a name that comes to mind immediately, the band is essentially a continuation of experimental\/ethereal post-punk band Drowning Pool<\/a>, whose esoteric, yet driving sound spanned four LPs and several cassette releases. Three of the four Drowning Pool members are present on this album, including members Adam Elesh and Brett Smith, who were also in Landscape of Sound<\/a>, a previous project we’ve featured here before as well. New to the fold is vocalist Kelly Ray.<\/p>\n

Either way, this is an excellent album, perfect for these hazy summer nights. It should feel right at home if you like Drowning Pool’s excellent, deeply engaging and emotive discography. It was originally released on Italian label Viva Records<\/a>, who not only released several Drowning Pool releases, but who were also responsible for the excellent Viva Los Angeles compilations, which featured many like-minded “desert goth” (as I like to call it), bands. Despite being released exclusively on CD, some copies of Two Clouds<\/em>, like the one I picked up, are housed in a oversized, 10”-inspired sleeve, perhaps as a nod to like-minded label Independent Project Records. Pretty cool!<\/p>\n

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Mumbles –\u00a0Two Clouds<\/em>
\n1. Blue Vishnu
\n2. Pipe & Dream
\n3. Johnny Go
\n4. Hearthmaker
\n5. Mother Harvest
\n6. Diamond
\n7. Utah Smith
\n8. Star Crossed
\n9. Lullaby Blue
\n10. White Out
\n11. Nuit Blanche
\n12. Two Clouds
\n13. American Gothic<\/p>\n

*download it here<\/a>*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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