Medusa by Clan of Xymox

Medusa, Clan of Xymox's second album, slid out on 4AD in November 1986, and it's a cold, lovely thing: rhythms ticking like a clock in an empty house, keyboards hanging in the air like fog, guitars chiming somewhere down the corridor. John Fryer produced it, and the Dutch band's three singer-songwriters share the spotlight, with Ronny Moorings moving between guitar, keyboards and bass, Anka Wolbert on bass and vocals, and Pieter Nooten at the keyboards. "Louise" is the one that crept onto the countdowns.

It was the second and last of their 4AD records before a move to Wing Records, from a band later hailed as dark wave pioneers. Nooten soon stepped away from the group for a spell and re-recorded "After the Call" and "Theme I" for Sleeps with the Fishes, his 1987 album with Michael Brook.

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