Album Of The Week - "The Slow Death of the LoveMyth" by Ronan Conry

Ronan Conroy is a NYC based Dubliner whose compelling music, stretches beyond the boundaries of Post-punk. He’s an artist whose cover of Lana Del Ray’s single “Dark Paradise” has provided the gateway into an underworld of intrigue, suspense and intensity that elevates his musical journey into an arthouse of escapades and surrealism. He’s also an artist whose latest album “The Slow Death Of the Love Myth”, features the additional vocals of Julie Dicterow (Oh Halo), Shannon Brown and Susan Hwang (Lusterlit), adding an extra dimension of crepuscular charm. Produced, engineered and mastered by the super-talented Charlie Nieland, known for his work with Debbie Harry, Rufus Wainwright, Blondie and Scissor Sisters, this album also involves contributions by drummer Justin Wierbonski (a.k.a. Demonic Sweaters)

Released on October 22^nd 2022, “The Slow Death of the LoveMyth has been selected as The Manc Review’s “Album Of The Week” and is an album really worth checking out. It’s a spellbinding album whose velvet tones alternate between the vocals of Conroy, Dicterow, Brown and Hwang, creating a wistful breeze of nocturnal new wave. It’s an album that reflects the jangly prisms of ethereal rock and casts the shadowy silhouette of darkwave. It’s a hauntingly beautiful album that revives the elusive sensuality of post-punk and harmonises in the chapels of goth-rock. It’s a fully-fledged affair that whirls and swirls in the vortex of neo-psychedelia and crashes the waves of shoegaze.

Think Cocteau Twins meets Stevie Nicks, Richard Butler with Siouxsie Sioux: in a coven of mystical maestros, then you get the idea of where this album should be placed in the Hall of innovation, class and quality. It’s pure witchcraft, that instantly puts you under a spell of subliminal sensibilities. Through the eerie whispers and mesmeric murmurs. The Slow Death of the LoveMyth, burns, seethes and effervescence in a crestfallen cauldron. It’s music that heightens the senses and thrills and chills to the bone.

Through the textured tones, shimmery strums and pulsating beats, The Slow Death of the LoveMyth, transcends a heavenly state of euphoric state, whilst floating on the dark clouds of dreampop. It’s a moody mistress of the night, the kind of album you could listen to from dusk to dawn, whilst soaking up every iota of its emotional exploration.

‘The Slow Death of the LoveMyth’ album is out now, available digitally via Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp, where it can be ordered directly from the artist.

ALBUM CREDITS
Written by Ronan Conroy (ASCAP 3284024), except ‘Dark Paradise’ by Elizabeth Grant and Rick Nowels
Ronan Conroy – lead and rhythm guitar on all tracks, and vocals on ‘This Dream’, ‘Born in Conflict’ and ‘Dark Paradise’
Charlie Nieland – bass, synths, piano, drums, and backing guitar
Justin Wierbonski – drums
Julie Dicterow – vocals on ‘Double Helix’
Shannon Brown – vocals on ‘Passenger’ and ‘Nightland’
Susan Hwang – vocals on ‘Love Myth’ and ‘Demon’
Publisher: Rip My Heart Out And Eat It Music (ASCAP 4499980)
Produced, engineered and mastered by Charlie Nieland at Capture Sound Studios, Brooklyn
Album cover and artist photos by Shannon Brown
Videos by Hypnodoll

TRACK LIST
1 Double Helix
2 The Nightland
3 This Dream
4 Born in Conflict
5 Lovemyth
6 Passenger
7 Dark Paradise