London After Midnight (LAM) is a music project formed in the 1990s by singe… Read Full Bio ↴London After Midnight (LAM) is a music project formed in the 1990s by singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sean Brennan. LAM has retained and nurtured the political and socially aware element of the later punk scene that virtually vanished from all music scenes in the early 90s, and has developed as a passionate and political dark rock-music entity. LAM has a large worldwide following, with many gothic rock fans (LAM shuns labels such as "gothic", however, saying that labels limit an artist's creative realm and also destructively divides audiences- unfortunately too many people define themselves by the style of music they listen to and refuse to expand beyond that).

LAM has gained a large and loyal following all over the world, from the USA to Europe to Latin America (where the live band has toured extensively), and beyond. LAM has headlined and co-headlined concerts and major festivals with bands like The Cure, Green Day, HIM (HIM has cited LAM a favorite artist), Rammstein, Soft Cell and many more. LAM has performed to crowds of over 30,000 people as headliner and co-headliner on major music festivals around the world. However, London After Midnight maintains a strong underground and independent "personality" despite being a top seller (charting in the top 10 and top 20 German DAC, and other European independent charts, with each of 4 CDs released) and a major draw at music festivals year after year.

Songwriter, instrumentalist, producer and founder Sean Brennan is known for his strong stances in favor of animal rights, pro-environmental and human rights issues, anti-corporate control of media, and support for progressive and liberal political and social causes. Whatever the approach or subject matter, the music of London After Midnight is deeply touching, powerful, socially aware, romantic, emotional, disturbing, haunting, moving, and often exhibits a morbid wit with its sardonic humor (listen to the tongue-in-cheek "Your Best Nightmare" and try not to think of an Edward Gorey story).

LAM is all this, while at the same time appealing to a wide variety of people. There really is no classification that fits London After Midnight (despite LAM's "dark" image) because the music is so varied and the lyrical content (and even LAM's personality and causes) are unique and uncommon in today's music scene (often breaking boundaries- much to the outrage of people who live and die by genre labels). Sean Brennan shuns all labels (as any artist worth their salt will do) and the music he creates can really only be classified as "London After Midnight".

From 2015-2019 LAM headlined major festivals around the world, including Wave Gotik Treffen multiple times, and many other events. In 2019 Sean Brennan started his own record label, Darkride Records, and released "Selected Scenes from the End of the World: 9119", the original 1991 album remixed from the original master tapes (it is NOT A REMASTER- it's completely remixed from the multi-track master tapes). This new mix restored missing audio tracks and includes a never before released song from the 1991 sessions. Darkride Records released the "Oddities Too", similar in theme to the 1998 album "Oddities" with unreleased music, new music and much more. The all new un-named LAM album and a complete remix of "Psycho Magnet", remixed from the original master tapes, is also underway.

Main discography:

-Selected Scenes from the End of the World, 1995 CD (originally released as a cassette in 1991)
-Psycho Magnet, 1995 cassette, 1996 CD
-Oddities, 1998 cassette, 1998 CD
-Violent Acts of Beauty, 2007 CD
-Selected Scenes from the End of the World: 9119, 2019 CD (remixed from original multi-track master tapes)
- Live From Isolation, 2021 CD.
- Oddities Too, 2022 CD

Permanent line-up:

Sean Brennan: music, lyrics, vocals, most of the instruments.

Current live line-up:

Jeremy Kohnmann: guitar
Michael Areklett: bass
Pete Pace: drums.

Sacrafice
London After Midnight Lyrics

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And here we go again,
We've taken it to the end,
With every waking moment,
We face this silent torment

I'd sacrifice,
I'd sacrifice myself to you
Right here tonight

Because you know that I love you

I'd sacrifice,
I'd sacrifice myself to you
Right here tonight
Because you know that I love you

Darkness is all I want to see
I could never put in to words
What it is you mean to me

I'd sacrifice,
I'd sacrifice myself to you
Right here tonight
Because you know that I love you

I'd sacrifice,
I'd sacrifice myself to you
Right here tonight
Because you know that I love you
Love you, love you, love you

The candle is burning low
At the window to my soul
The reaper is at my door now
He's come to take me home

I'd sacrifice,
I'd sacrifice myself to you
Right here tonight
Because you know that I love you

I'd sacrifice,
I'd sacrifice myself to you
Right here tonight
Because you know that I love you

I, I'd sacrifice

Overall Meaning

myself to you is a song by London After Midnight that speaks about a deeply passionate and sacrificial love. The verses deal with the inherent pain and conflict present in the relationship while the chorus expresses the willingness to make a personal sacrifice for love. The opening verse, “Here we go again, we’ve taken it to the end, with every waking moment, we face this silent torment,” portrays the turmoil and emotional exhaustion the singer feels having persevered through their struggles.

The chorus, “I’d sacrifice, I’d sacrifice myself to you, right here tonight, because you know that I love you,” repeatedly affirms this sense of sacrifice and selflessness. The third verse, “Darkness is all I want to see, I could never put into words what it is you mean to me,” highlights the depth and intensity of the singer's emotions towards the person they are singing to. The song crescendos with the final verse, “The candle is burning low, at the window to my soul, the reaper is at my door now, he’s come to take me home,” where the singer is using metaphors to describe their imminent demise or inner turmoil.

Line by Line Meaning

And here we go again,
We find ourselves in this situation once more

We've taken it to the end,
We have reached the conclusion of this recurring event or circumstance

With every waking moment,
Every moment that we are conscious and aware

We face this silent torment
We are constantly confronted with a painful internal struggle

I'd sacrifice,
I am willing to give up something important to me

I'd sacrifice myself to you
I am willing to give myself up for your sake

Right here tonight
At this exact moment in time

Because you know that I love you
My love for you is the reason for my sacrifice

Darkness is all I want to see
I am drawn to a sense of darkness and despair

I could never put in to words
I cannot express in speech or text

What it is you mean to me
The depth of my affection and appreciation for you cannot be fully articulated

The candle is burning low
The time is running out

At the window to my soul
In the essence of my being

The reaper is at my door now
Death is imminent and inescapable

He's come to take me home
Death is seen as a homecoming or release from suffering

Love you, love you, love you
My feelings of love for you persist throughout the song

Lyrics © THINGMAKER MUSIC
Written by: Sean Brennan

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Comments from YouTube:

lolliwag

6y↑31

Like how his voice is natural and he doesn’t force the tritely dark vampire sounding goth thing

Jo Mathiasen

7y↑20

Love this so much and was delighted to read that Sean Brennan is a vegan (a cause I am wholly committed to) and advocate of animal rights; whilst raising awareness about environmental and human rights issues that tend to go unnoticed so often. =) The music is very powerful and unlike anything else I have heard.