By 2000, Archer and Lynch were moving the project in a darker electronic/dance direction, resulting in a self-released full length album entitled ‘Dragonfly’.
After a short hiatus from recording and a lengthy period of trial, error, and revision, and many regional live performances, Ego Likeness signed with Dancing Ferret Discs/ Noir Records for the release of 2004’s ‘Water to the Dead’. This album featured the band’s electronic roots while exploring a bit of a heavier rock
sound.
2005 saw the band tour Germany, Luxembourg, and the continental US with label mates The Cruxshadows, as well as performing at several festivals on the east and west coast, including Convergence 11 (San Diego CA), Dracula’s Ball (Philadelphia PA), Black Sun Festival I (New Haven CT), Freaks United (DC), Eccentrik Festival I (Raleigh NC), and others.
Their first album ‘Dragonfly’ was re-released on Dancing Ferret Discs in 2005.
In addition to The Cruxshadows, they have had the honour to share the stage with Voltaire, The Damned, Chris Connelly, Collide, Razed in Black, Bella Morte, Das Ich, Rasputina, The Start, Iris, Decoded Feedback, The Azoic, More Machine Than Man, In Strict Confidence, Combichrist, and many others.
They have also appeared on numerous compilation CDs, including several Asleep by Dawn releases and 'Where's Neil When You Need Him?' (a tribute to the work of author Neil Gaiman, DFD July 2006); released remixes for The Cruxshadows (Cassandra-Fortress in Flames), The Last Dance (Terribly When- Reflections of Rage), Thou Shalt Not (Inside of You, In Spite of You- The Projectionist), and Black Tape for a Blue
Girl (Tarnished- Scarecrow); and appeared on Voltaire's album Then and Again. EL has also been featured in publications such as Gothic Beauty, Outburn, ABD, Sideline and Sonic Seducer, to name a few.
Their third full length album, ‘The Order of the Reptile' (release date July 4th 2006, Dancing Ferret Discs) ventures back into the realms of heavy electronica, a bit of trip hop, and darkwave.
Archer and Lynch have been married since October of 1999 and currently live in Baltimore. Steven is also the creator of the atmospheric electronica project Hopeful Machines, and performs with the industrial/ power noise act Blind Till Now. All three members of EL, along with Alexx Lackey of echomatrix make up the experimental/ spoken word outfit The Trinity Project.
Former band mate Justin ‘Dingo’ Sabe also lives in Baltimore with a lovely belly dancer and some rather large cats. When not performing with EL, he spends his time on fire and robots and knitting, and can often be found at festivals that involve fire, robots, and/or knitting. He also plays the tuba and hopes to form a marching band in the very near future.
Current line up:
Steven Archer - Guitar/ Programming/ Music & Words/ Vocals
Donna Lynch - Vocals/ Piano/ Words & Music
Mike K. Johnson - Drums
Former members:
Justin 'Dingo' Sabe - Keytar/ Synths/ Noise
Official Site: www.egolikeness.com/
Steven also works on a solo project at www.hopefulmachines.net
Hurricane
Ego Likeness Lyrics
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In my ever changing world
I feel your consecrated arms
Entrap my desecrated soul
It's like the ocean seeping in
Over arid scorching land
It's like a hurricane I caught
You have devastated me
And cleared the pavement of the pain
And torn the wrecked down
From used-up barren plains
You've washed the human sickness
Off the roots and seeds
And purged my ground
Of all the evil
You have devastated me
You have devastated me
And blown my house of cards apart
You lifted me up off the ground
And thrown me miles from my home
You left me naked and alone
To contemplate the life I've led
You built a golden temple
Where I used to stand
You resurrected me
And let me breathe again
I feel your ever present spirit
In my ever changing world
I feel your consecrated arms
Entrap me desecrated soul
The Ego Likeness song, "Hurricane," speaks to the transformative power that a powerful, all-consuming love can have on an individual. The lyrics describe the impact that this love has had on the songwriter, painting a vivid picture of a love that has both "devastated" and "resurrected" them. At the beginning of the song, the songwriter speaks of feeling their lover's "ever present spirit" in their "ever changing world," showing that even as everything else in their life changes, this love remains a constant.
Throughout the song, the lyrics make use of powerful imagery to describe the impact of this love. For instance, the songwriter describes feeling their lover's "consecrated arms" entrapping their "desecrated soul," showing the way in which this love has transformed them. The imagery of a hurricane, which the songwriter describes catching "between [their] calloused tired hand[s]," captures the idea of a love that is powerful and all-consuming, capable of both destroying and renewing everything in its path.
Overall, the song seems to be about the incredible power of love - a love that has the power to both destroy and rebuild an individual in equal measure. While the song acknowledges the pain and devastation that can come with such a love, ultimately it seems to celebrate the transformative power that love can have on an individual.
Line by Line Meaning
I feel your ever present spirit
I sense your constant presence
In my ever changing world
In this world that is always in flux
I feel your consecrated arms
I feel your blessed embrace
Entrap my desecrated soul
Imprison my corrupted essence
It's like the ocean seeping in
It's like the endless sea penetrating
Over arid scorching land
Over barren and torrid terrain
It's like a hurricane I caught
It's like a tempest I grasped
Between my calloused tired hand
Amidst my worn and rough-skinned hand
You have devastated me
You have destroyed me entirely
And cleared the pavement of the pain
And eradicated the agony like clearing a path
And torn the wrecked down
And ripped apart the ruined
From used-up barren plains
From drained and fruitless fields
You've washed the human sickness
You have cleansed the disease of humanity
Off the roots and seeds
Off the beginnings and creation
And purged my ground
And cleared my soil
Of all the evil
Of all the malevolence
You have devastated me
You have destroyed me entirely
And blown my house of cards apart
And shattered my fragile stability
You lifted me up off the ground
You lifted me from the earth up high
And thrown me miles from my home
And cast me far from where I belong
You left me naked and alone
You left me bare and by myself
To contemplate the life I've led
To consider the existence I led
You built a golden temple
You erected a magnificent place of worship
Where I used to stand
Where I once resided
You resurrected me
You revived me from the dead
And let me breathe again
And permitted me to inhale once more
I feel your ever present spirit
I sense your constant presence
In my ever changing world
In this world that is always in flux
I feel your consecrated arms
I feel your blessed embrace
Entrap my desecrated soul
Imprison my corrupted essence
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Dustin Lynch, Jason Lee Sever, Steve Bogard, Will Doughty
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