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.
Spider and the Fly
London After Midnight Lyrics
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I close my eyes and I keep on stalking
My love
My love
No one's aware of the hunger I feel
It's something you or time cannot heal
I need someone to help me rise above
Eternal bliss is something I can show you
Spread your arms and let my wings enfold you
My love
In the darkness shades of crimson rapture
The world is ours alone to capture
My love
Come over here and let me tell you something
Nothing ever comes of nothing
We pay a price for all our choices made
Come along now and take my hand
I'll lead you to a promised land
The morning after it may never come again,
Never be the same
The lyrics to London After Midnight's song Spider and the Fly are cryptic and poetic in nature. The song starts with the singer acknowledging the emptiness of people around him and then closes his eyes to stalk his love. It seems like the singer is in a dark place, where nobody understands the hunger he feels inside him. He yearns for someone who could help him move on from his problems.
The chorus suggests that he has a solution - his "eternal bliss", which he offers to his love. The imagery of "spread your arms and let my wings enfold you" represents the singer embracing his love and taking them on a journey. In the second verse, the singer talks about the "shades of crimson rapture" in the darkness, which could represent the passion and intensity of their relationship. He says that the world is for them to capture alone.
In the bridge, the singer pleads with his love to take his hand and follow him to a promised land. He wants to take them away from their problems, and the morning after the night they spend together might never be the same again. It is likely that the singer is referring to the idea that this night would change their lives forever, and they would never be able to return to the way things were before. The song ends on a note of mystery, leaving much to interpretation.
Line by Line Meaning
Empty hearts I can hear them talking
I can hear the unspoken words of those who are emotionally unfulfilled
I close my eyes and I keep on stalking
Even though it is dark, I continue to pursue what I desire
My love
Affection, adoration
No one's aware of the hunger I feel
I am craving something that goes unnoticed by others
It's something you or time cannot heal
Neither a person nor the passing of time can cure my desire
I need someone to help me rise above
I require another's aid to overcome my inner struggle
Eternal bliss is something I can show you
I can guide you towards a state of never-ending happiness
Spread your arms and let my wings enfold you
Open yourself up to me, let me envelope you with my love and protection
My love
Passion, fondness
In the darkness shades of crimson rapture
Under the cover of night, shades of red evoke an intense, ecstatic feeling
The world is ours alone to capture
We have the power to seize hold of the earth
My love
Devotion, attachment
Come over here and let me tell you something
Come closer so I can share a secret with you
Nothing ever comes of nothing
You can't expect something to come from nothing
We pay a price for all our choices made
All of the decisions we make have an associated cost
Come along now and take my hand
Join me on this journey and follow my lead
I'll lead you to a promised land
I will guide you towards an ideal place of prosperity
The morning after it may never come again,
Never be the same
The future is uncertain, so we must cherish the present moment while we can
Lyrics © THINGMAKER MUSIC
Written by: SEAN BRENNAN
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