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.
Shatter
London After Midnight Lyrics
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That I'm the most important thing to you
But can't you see?
You're killing me with all the things you do
And I really want to believe it's impossible
I really want to believe it's all a dream
But I just can't seem to wake up
I just can't seem to turn on the light
And the world will seem all right
You did it again,
Yes you in the mirror
You put your faith in a cruel world
All my dead friends come to haunt, harm and hinder, never letting go
Here to drag me down to Hell
Just say goodbye
Just answer me
What was the point of all that treachery
And soon we'll see
The truth behind all of your blasphemy
No never again
I'll never trust no one again
I'd sooner slit my wrists and risk discovery of Hell
Than stay another moment here where certain Devils dwell
The lyrics of London After Midnight's song “Shatter” explores themes of betrayal, distrust, and the struggle to see through falsehoods. The song tells the story of a person who feels victimized and traumatized by the actions of a loved one. The singer is being told that they are the most important thing to someone, but their actions are making the singer feel like they are being killed. The singer is battling with the idea of whether or not it is possible to trust this person and believe their words. In their heart, they want to trust them, but they are unable to.
The line, “You did it again, Yes you in the mirror,” points out that the biggest enemy in this situation is oneself. The singer is acknowledging that the person who is causing them the most harm is within themselves. They have been putting their faith in a cruel world and have been allowing their self-doubt and self-destructive tendencies to take over. The singer's friends who have passed away come to haunt, harm, and hinder them, and they are unable to escape from the torment of their own mind.
The song concludes on a powerful note, with the singer declaring that they will never trust anyone again, and they would rather risk death than stay in a place where certain Devils dwell. The lyrics are bleak and introspective, and they paint a picture of a person who has been hurt badly and is struggling to find a way out of the darkness that surrounds them.
Line by Line Meaning
You're telling me
The singer is being spoken to
That I'm the most important thing to you
The addressee made a claim about the singer
But can't you see?
The singer is questioning the addressee
You're killing me with all the things you do
The addressee is causing harm to the artist
And I really want to believe it's impossible
The artist wants to deny the reality of the situation
I really want to believe it's all a dream
The singer wishes the situation wasn't real
But I just can't seem to wake up
The singer is struggling to grasp reality
I just can't seem to turn on the light
The artist is in a state of darkness
One step off the edge
The artist is considering suicide
And the world will seem all right
The artist believes death will bring peace
You did it again,
The addressee has repeated a negative behavior
Yes you in the mirror
The addressee sees their reflection
You put your faith in a cruel world
The addressee has misplaced trust
All my dead friends come to haunt, harm and hinder, never letting go
The singer is tormented by their past
Here to drag me down to Hell
The singer feels trapped by their past traumas
Just say goodbye
The artist wants the addressee to leave
Just answer me
The artist wants a response
What was the point of all that treachery
The singer challenges the addressee's motives
And soon we'll see
The singer predicts a reveal of truth
The truth behind all of your blasphemy
The artist accuses the addressee of blasphemy
No never again
The artist will not allow the situation to happen again
I'll never trust no one again
The artist has lost all trust
I'd sooner slit my wrists and risk discovery of Hell
The singer would rather die than continue living in agony
Than stay another moment here where certain Devils dwell
The artist cannot bear being in the addressee's presence
Lyrics © THINGMAKER MUSIC
Written by: Sean Brennan
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@leslivaladezm5837
You're telling me
That I'm the most important thing to you
But can't you see?
You're killing me with all the things you do
And I really want to believe it's impossible
I really want to believe it's all a dream
But I just can't seem to wake up
I just can't seem to turn on the light
One step off the edge
And the world will seem all right
You did it again,
Yes you in the mirror
You put your faith in a cruel world
All my dead friends come to haunt, harm and hinder, never letting go
Here to drag me down to Hell
Just say goodbye
Just answer me
What was the point of all that treachery
And soon we'll see
The truth behind all of your blasphemy
No never again
I'll never trust no one again
I'd sooner slit my wrists and risk discovery of Hell
Than stay another moment here where certain Devils dwell
@julianadias9530
Tradução em português do Brasil:
Demoli
Você está dizendo-me
Que eu sou a coisa a mais importante para você
Mas você não pode ver?
Você está me matando com todas as coisas que você faz
E eu quero realmente acreditar que é impossível
Eu quero realmente acreditar que é tudo um sonho
Mas eu apenas não posso parecer acordado
Eu apenas não posso parecer girar sobre a luz
Um passo fora da borda
E o mundo parecerá todo certo
Você fez isso outra vez
Sim, você no espelho
Você pôs sua fé em um mundo cruel
Todos meus amigos mortos vêm me assombrar, prejudicando-me e assustando-me, nunca deixando-me ir
Para arrastar-me aqui para baixo ao inferno
Por isso digo adeus
Responda-me
O que era o ponto de toda essa discussão?
E logo nós veremos
A verdade atrás de todo suas blasfêmias
Não, nunca novamente
Eu nunca confiarei em ninguém outra vez,
Eu preferia cortar logo meus pulsos e descobrir os riscos do inferno,
Do que permanecer mais outro momento aqui onde certo diabos residem...
@robertholmes8129
This song reminds me of my best friend Claire it was her favourite song sadly she took her own life and this song was playing on repeat in the background when o found her r.i.p Claire I love you.
@danwest3825
I am so very sorry for your loss
@freyalydia
My very first touch with the Goth scene back in the days..... Still a masterpiece 🖤
@filipematias5127
When GOTH was GOTH... 🎩💀♠✝
@miwdiva
Hell yes!!!
@Paul-po1wo
What do you mean there a plenty of good goth bands still
@filipematias5127
@34 Paul I know that...
But I was referring specifically to old school post-punk goth which has BECOME a sort of a relic because nowadays there are many different sub-genres under the umbrella term "Goth" that have little to do with the original Goth scene!
@Paul-po1wo
Filipe Matias listen to sonsombre there new goth rock band
@thatbitchnoemie
@Filipe Matias There are a lot more "traditional-sounding" goth bands in 2020 than there ever were in the past 20 years...
@leslivaladezm5837
You're telling me
That I'm the most important thing to you
But can't you see?
You're killing me with all the things you do
And I really want to believe it's impossible
I really want to believe it's all a dream
But I just can't seem to wake up
I just can't seem to turn on the light
One step off the edge
And the world will seem all right
You did it again,
Yes you in the mirror
You put your faith in a cruel world
All my dead friends come to haunt, harm and hinder, never letting go
Here to drag me down to Hell
Just say goodbye
Just answer me
What was the point of all that treachery
And soon we'll see
The truth behind all of your blasphemy
No never again
I'll never trust no one again
I'd sooner slit my wrists and risk discovery of Hell
Than stay another moment here where certain Devils dwell