Tired of the same old dark and dreary rant from all of your goth collection? Than you will have to check out this CD. The Vampire Beach Babes are a Toronto act that is quickly turning heads with their unique style combining goth and surfer music.

When I put this one into my player I was prepared for the worst. How could anyone even think to desecrate goth with a style of music that became popular from movies starring Annette Funicello (Mickey Mouse Club alumni....AAAHHH!!!). Well, they've done it and surprisingly I actually like it....

Baron Marcus (vocals) and Ricky Las Vegas (guitars) seem to be trying to put some showmanship into a scene that at times has an otherwise dominantly depressing live scene. With songs like "Gothic Surf-rama" and "Tomb Mau Mau" they have endeavoured to form their own style of gothic surfer music and have all the tools necessary to do it.

The Baron's vocals range from being able to hit those notes that I haven't been able to since I hit puberty as well as the darker spoken word style. Ricky's expert guitar work gives the Babes that surfer style that I've mentioned, taking some of the classic music from those mindless beach movies and incorporating them into their music.

The Vampire Beach Babes with Reckless Summer are not only trying to get out of the conventional molds of goth music....they're reforming the mold into a surf board. The question is the same with any band with weird-ass styles is how long will it last? Well, whether they decide to change later on into something different doesn't matter to me. I'm just going to enjoy the surf while the tide is high!

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