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.
Your Best Ni
London After Midnight Lyrics
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I'd sit by my black light and dream of your kiss
Pulsating music filled my room and my head
And I dreamed what it'd be like to have you in my bed
I'm your best nightmare
And then it happened, you were in my arms
Two bodies together the intimate sin
The pain and the pleasure could do mortals in
How could you know what I'm thinking of
To me lust can be as beautiful as love
Here tonight, your pure heart and soul
Untainted passion should have no control
She asked me if I
I told her the truth
I said I'm sorry it takes me longer than you
She smiled and blushed and continued to grind
And promised to make me go out of my mind
returning her promise she came to a halt
Licking my lips I tasted her salt
Then she sat up and gasped and clutched at her breast
I thought she was coming I'd never have guessed that
As she grew pale, as white as a flower
She collapsed to the floor and was dead in an hour
I'm your best nightmare
"Your Best Nightmare" by London After Midnight is a hauntingly beautiful song that describes the longing for someone and the ultimate, tragic outcome that can happen when you finally get what you want. The lyrics convey the idea of being obsessed with someone to the point of dreaming about them, and how that obsession can lead to a dangerous and deadly situation.
The song starts with the description of a night filled with music and dreams of a kiss from a desired one. The lyrics suggest that the singer is imagining what it would be like to have this person in their bed. The song then transitions to a scene where the singer and the desired one are finally together. The intimate moment is described as both pleasurable and painful, and it's noted that lust can be as beautiful as love.
However, things take a dark turn when the desired one suddenly collapses and dies. The singer is left shocked and devastated, realizing that the passion that they had been longing for has resulted in tragedy. The line "I'm your best nightmare" could be interpreted as the singer acknowledging that their obsession led to this terrible outcome.
Overall, the song illustrates how dangerous obsession can be and how it can ultimately lead to destruction.
Line by Line Meaning
Long after midnight, on a night like this
Late at night, especially on a night like tonight
I'd sit by my black light and dream of your kiss
I would sit and fantasize about kissing the person I desire
Pulsating music filled my room and my head
My room was filled with loud, rhythmic music that engulfed my mind
And I dreamed what it'd be like to have you in my bed
I fantasized about intimate activities with the person I desire
I'm your best nightmare
I am the worst kind of nightmare you could imagine
And then it happened, you were in my arms
My fantasy became reality and I was holding the person I desire in my arms
Your lips on my throat your hands on my, on my
The person I desire kissed my neck and touched me with their hands
Two bodies together the intimate sin
Our physical closeness was a sinful act of intimacy
The pain and the pleasure could do mortals in
The mix of physical pain and pleasure could potentially cause severe harm
How could you know what I'm thinking of
How could you possibly understand my desires and fantasies
To me lust can be as beautiful as love
For me, physical desire can be as meaningful and passionate as romantic love
Here tonight, your pure heart and soul
Tonight, I see the person I desire as having a pure and sincere heart and soul
Untainted passion should have no control
Unbridled and uncontrollable desire is a powerful force
She asked me if I
The person I desire asked me a question
I told her the truth
I was honest with the person I desire
I said I'm sorry it takes me longer than you
I apologized for taking longer to be fully intimate than the other person expected
She smiled and blushed and continued to grind
The other person smiled, blushed, and continued to move intimately
And promised to make me go out of my mind
The other person promised to make me lose control of myself
Returning her promise she came to a halt
After making that promise, the other person abruptly stopped moving
Licking my lips I tasted her salt
I tasted the other person's sweat as I licked my lips
Then she sat up and gasped and clutched at her breast
Suddenly, the other person sat up, gasped, and held their chest
I thought she was coming I'd never have guessed that
I assumed the other person was climaxing, but I was wrong
As she grew pale, as white as a flower
The other person's complexion became as pale as a white flower
She collapsed to the floor and was dead in an hour
The other person collapsed and died within an hour
I'm your best nightmare
Once again I emphasize that I am the worst kind of nightmare
Lyrics © THINGMAKER MUSIC
Written by: SEAN BRENNAN
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Lyrics
I know you’ve got things to do (I do too)
I just want to spend all my time with you (feels so good)
I’m so hard to impress
Don’t leave me on this stretch alone
When I’m out at a party
I’m just excited to get home
And dream about you
All night long
I don’t know how you got through to me (I’m so cold)
It’s all happening so easily (like oh my god)
It’s so hard to digest
Usually I’m best alone
But every time that you text
I want to get on the next flight home
And dream next to you
All night long
Maybe it’s the way you remind me of (where I come from)
Or how you make me feel beautiful (and then some)
The sight of you is dramatic
One glimpse and I panic inside
I get lost in our hours
Cause you possess powers I can’t fight
That’s why I dream about you
All night long
@fernandaramosoficial
I love the jazzy, old time feel of this song.
@drambo84
Me too!! What a great sound!!
@willpazmino6744
Same, I love the fact this Album is more soul and jazzy than pop. Even if I love all of them.
@robinskull
Adele suck, my music is better
@Soulbishop
go check out good times bad times by eddie brickel. Adele channels her sonic vibrations so well i would not be surprised if that was a reincarnation.
@clairsentientrealm7203
Checkout Joey pecoraro, that’s where she took this beat.
@DoggoDad
If Adele wants to drop a 15 minute version where Erroll continues to play and Adele just hums along now and then I would gladly accept.
@pisceslovefaith
Lol
@rodman7224
Maybe not 15mins but this song is way too short.
@JonArcher1113
YES! I am 100% in favor of that brilliant idea!