PromoFabrik Webblog: Entertainment release debut album "Gender"

Entertainment doesn’t make it easy on critics:

When asked about what has influenced them, no band names come to mind; Berlin during the Weimar Republic, cement walls, hallucinations or literary figures such as Franz Kafka. And, in fact, it is this very claustrophobia and the suggested absurdity which distinguished Kafka's work - also, one of the main characteristics of Entertainment's sound design.

Founded in Atlanta, USA, the band has progressed from being merely an inside tip to veritable greatness. Of course, the group finds direction from the successful Gothic bands of the early 1980s, however, any parallels commonly applied to the normal suspects such as Bauhaus or Virgin Prunes do not really do justice to the band. The superficially distressing, awkward and extremely complex songs contained in their debut album "Gender" initially hamper a submersion in Entertainment's multi-layered cosmos as, despite their name, the quartets' sounds far exceed the status of pure entertainment.
The right listener is quicklyrewarded for his effort of entering this world: from the subduing intro "Romance in a Rain" to the threatening cascades of "Patroness" and right through to the cleansing storm in the finale "Flesh!", this work, well coordinated to smallest detail, opens up more and more until one finally can hardly live without "Gender".
The rebellious elements defragment in the head of the acoustic observer and compose a large, dark, disturbing and yet infinitely stirring mosaic.

With only eight tracks, "Gender" follows on in the tradition of essential Gothic masterpieces which have the same length as a good old vinyl LP; however, in contrast, discloses its pure essence without any fillers and, in years to come, will continue to find an echo in one's ears, heart and soul.
That's Entertainment!

Style:
Rock / Gothic / Batcave

Tracklist:
01.Romance In A Rain
02.Swing Movements
03.A Seduction Walks
04.Patroness
05.the New Joys
06.the Nervous Talks
07.Confusion of Senses
08.Flesh!

Release-Date:
13 March .2009

Bandmembers:
Trey Ehart Vox
K Saint Thomas Bass
Chisolm Thompson Guitar
Barry Watts Drums

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