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Bread and Jam for Frances

Switchblade Symphony · 1997

41 min · 14 tracks · gothic rock

Gothic melancholy drifts through electronic beats while Tina Root’s voice moves between lullaby sweetness and theatrical unease.

Top tracks — play these first

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    Witches — Its witchcraft imagery and theatrical vocal delivery introduce the album’s taste for unsettling characters and darkly playful storytelling.
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    Dirty Dog — A prominent electronic groove gives the duo’s gothic atmosphere a more rhythm-driven setting than listeners might expect from their debut.
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    Roller Coaster — Its concise structure and shifting mood show how the album can compress its uneasy theatricality into a short song.
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    Soldiers — Its longer running time gives the duo room to develop the tension between Root’s voice and the album’s electronic backdrop.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

  • 1 Witches 4:18
  • 2 Dirty Dog 4:22
  • 3 Roller Coaster 2:49
  • 4 Situation #58 0:56
  • 5 Soldiers 5:01
  • 6 Sleep 3:01
  • 7 Funnel 5:27
  • 8 Insect 3:42
  • 9 Rampid 3:04
  • 10 Situation #9 0:42
  • 11 Sheep 4:24
  • 12 Fractal 1:45
  • 13 Sick Mary 0:58
  • 14 Episode G15 0:46

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