Some Girls Wander By Mistake - Sisters Of Mercy Reviews

Never heard of 'The Sisters'? Think goth! No not emo! Goth! Proper '80s goth. Its all black cowboy hats, long black velvet coats and dry ice. Well that was the glamorous side of it. Listen to these songs and think beatnik and speed-freek. The songs on this album, MUST have been born in the ...  Read the complete review

Again I am challenged to review a CD, this time by a self titled ex goth known as Scattyredhead. The CD in question was anything by The Sisters of Mercy. Popping off to www.allmusic.com to look the band up I noticed one of their albums was recommended so I decided that would be the one to download and review. Whoops, it was a nineteen track ...  Read the complete review

Next to the Wayne Hussey material (not included here), this album contains some of the best musical output from The Sisters. The music is very raw throughout - the same tin-pot drum machine sounding the same no matter what the pattern used. the voice is typically monotonous - the only thing that's missing is the dry ice, the taunting ...  Read the complete review

'Some Girls Wander By Mistake' is a glimpse into the early years of future Goth-rock( or, as Eldritch calls it, the G word) legends the Sisters of Mercy, all the way from Eldritch and Marx's bizzarely sub-par Pere-Ubu/Fall amalgamation 'Damage Done/Watch' single to the gorgeous disco-esque poundings of the classic ...  Read the complete review

I am not a great fan of the ‘sisters’, but sometimes, I am in the mood for something a little more goth than metal, and no-one fits the bill quite like these. This album is basically a collection of the bands first six Eps, and I am sure that for true Sisters Of Mercy fans there is plenty of nostalgia to be found. Some tracks ...  Read the complete review