Siouxsie

A Siouxsie Sioux solo debut released in the autumn of her career may raise fears of an aging sellout hawking a watered down version of her former self. But they are immediately dismissed within the first minute of "Into a Swan", a jittery post-industrial tune about transformation. Songs like "Here Comes That Day", a swinging Shirley Bassey-esque big band number, and "Drone Zone", a slithering bass and sax exercise, show that Siouxsie's haunting charisma has weathered the years intact. The princess of darkness has returned in fine form.

Dear fierceness --can you come out to play? Goth-punk goddess Siouxsie Sioux hasn’t
sounded this tough since the Banshees fell apart more than a decade ago. She recently
split with husband and musical partner Budgie, who drummed for the Banshees and joined
her in the globe-trotting adventures of the Creatures; it’s the goth equivalent of a royal
divorce. But with all her cities in dust, Siouxsie concentrates all her eccentric m... More >