Black Tape For A Blue Girl are back with Halo Star, their stunning ninth 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 his origins while creating an amazing new album sure to please fans old and new alike. Vocalist Bret Helm is here to bring Sam's vision to life, while Elysabeth Grant's sensual vocals spotlight a quarter of the 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 a Moog solo. The album, out on Projekt, is available in stores nationwide (for a special $11.98 list price) and as a digital download at iTunes.
