I can has another fandom?... LOL

I don't really have any news. At least, not any RL news worth sharing. BUT... I feel compelled to make another shameful confession. I have been living under a rock. Maybe even under a deep layer of mud. It just totally mystifies me how on earth I could have lived the past 15 years or so without ever hearing about the band CRUXSHADOWS. I mean, they seem to be the hot stuff on the goth scene both in Europe and here in the States. They are actually American (which sort of amazes me, because I hardly know of any Americans even remotely interested in THAT kind of music, LOL), but they have performed with The Cure and the Sisters of Mercy, for God's sake (among other well-known, but less worshipped-by-me European bands). They have toured the freaking world, released, from what I can see, about 20 albums, made scores of videos etc.etc.etc. And yet, somehow, they have managed to completely slip past my attention. Until today. Where was I??? What else am I missing???... How fast can I download their entire mp3 collection?... *LOL*

I guess that's what happens if you don't watch TV or listen to the radio. And I don't, because I am clinically, paranoidally allergic to commercials. That is why I don't even own a TV, and as for the radio, on the rare occasions when I do try to find a station I might like, hearing the first few words of a commercial immediately makes me turn it off. I just don't have the patience - on the list of things I find annoying, commercials rank extremely high, right next to obnoxious salespeople (they are one and the same thing, really) and fanfic authors who write about 'taught skin' or 'throws of passion'.;P Anyway... it would seem that I am completely out of the loop when it comes to the current music scene - even the kind of music I sometimes go to great lengths to search for, not realizing it is rather more mainstream than I thought. Is this a sign of approaching middle age, perhaps?...:P

But I digress. Without further ado, and instead of trying to lamely describe what I'm raving about, I link you to the official website:

http://www.cruxshadows.com/frame.html

As you will surely notice if you follow, the music is a rather catchy blend of goth rock and electronica. And the frontman Rogue (what a perfect name, btw) is also quite tasty.;) Not to mention the fact that the band seems to also include several attractive female backing vocalists/dancers/violinists etc. Strong, hypnotic beat + violins = serious aural bliss for me. I think I'm on overload right now. *feels dizzy*

Oh, how sweet to feel like a teenage fangirl again...;)