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.

Sacrifice
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 about love and sacrifice. The singer is declaring his love for someone and is willing to sacrifice everything for them. He faces a "silent torment" with every moment of his life, indicating that he is struggling with something but prefers to suffer in silence. He expresses his love by offering to sacrifice himself to the person he loves right here tonight. The repeated affirmation of his love throughout the song makes it clear that that love is the reason for the sacrifice he is willing to make.

The repeated line "I'd sacrifice myself to you" is poignant and significant because it raises the question: what does it mean to sacrifice oneself for love? It may mean that the singer is willing to give up his life for the person he loves or that he will do whatever it takes to protect and make them happy. When he says "Because you know that I love you", it suggests that he is confident that the person he loves feels the same way about him, and thus understands the magnitude of his sacrifice.

Overall, the lyrics of the song indicate a willingness to go to great lengths for love, even if it means putting oneself in harm's way. The use of darkness and the imagery of the reaper suggest that the sacrifice being offered is not just any sacrifice, but something significant enough to suggest a great loss. The eeriness of the song complements the emotional content of the lyrics, adding a haunting quality that echoes the weightiness of the sacrifice being proposed.

Line by Line Meaning

And here we go again,
Starting over again, we've reached another point of no return

We've taken it to the end,
We've reached the conclusion, there's no going back

With every waking moment,
Throughout every moment of consciousness

We face this silent torment
We confront this concealed anguish

I'd sacrifice,
I'm willing to give up something valuable

I'd sacrifice myself to you
I'm ready to devote myself to you

Right here tonight
This moment, at this time

Because you know that I love you
You already know that I deeply care for you

Darkness is all I want to see
I desire obscurity

I could never put into words
It's difficult to articulate verbally

What it is you mean to me
What you signify to me is incomprehensible