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The Sisters of Mercy: Train
Almost a throw-away track on 1984’s Body and Soul 12” – being the predecessor to the rightfully indulgent Afterhours – Train revels in the electric whip-snare of Doktor Avalanche. Andrew Eldritch’s vocals are mostly bottom-end, sitting amongst the murky guitar riffs. The rest of the track is left to the drums, the hisses, screams and ‘train’ sighs, all with ludicrous overuse of delay. Correspondingly, it’s my favourite track on the single, but bettered by the extended version Long Train which appeared on 1988’s Lucretia, My Reflection.
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