The End of All Things

Tropic of Cancer, “The End of All Things” (Downward, 2012).
Collecting work released since 2007, this documents a goth/postpunk/gloom combo that eschews typical stylish posturing and heads straight for the trip to the abyss this stuff initially promised. Soot-darkened, stark soundscapes that achieve a kind of transcendence through sheer methodical execution, grinding through the anguish.
Try 3, 5.
4/3/12