From Gothenburg, Sweden, comes Thin Eater, and their brand new self-titled album. The band is Anders Calderon - lead vocals and keyboards, and Martin Claesson - guitar and keyboards. The album is 12 tracks of gothic/darkwave goodness in 46 minutes. The album opens with a nice, melancholy dark track titled "Misery" then shoots off into an old-school rocker full of 80s/90s energy called "Silently Quitting At the Speed of Light." Vocals are stereotypically gothy, owing a bit to Peter Murphy, Cruxshadows and London After Midnight, while not sounding much like them. Lots of flanging on Claesson's guitar, another gotrh hallmark. Song 3 - "Amphibian Sheep with 13 Heads (A Proposal)" has an alt-western sound. No drummer or percussion programmer was mentioned so I guess there is a "Dr. Avalanche" SOM style drum machine in use. While the main thrust of the band seems to be guitar-based, there is a healthy dose of electro injected, and it comes across quite nicely on "You Are A Star Now." The songs are varied enough on this album to make it interesting throughout, in spite of some similar sounding tracks. Thematically, this is typical black-clad vintage goth stuff - songs such as "The Landala Vampire," "Undead," and "Release The Children of the Night" tell you all you need to know about which side of the grave these guys are on. Funny though, they don't look very gothic, but sure sound it. I don't know how many artists are still doing this kind of music but I imagine not as may as ten or twenty years ago. There are a lot of good songs on this album and I'd be hard-pressed to pick a single, but if I had to, it would be the aforementioned "Silently Quitting At the Speed of Light." Its hook may not be as strong as its vibe, but it's still a really good song. They say the album was released on Leptura Records, but I can't find a website for the label so I guess it's self-released. Still, Thin Eater is definitely worth looking into.