'Saint Luminous Bride' EP

LRR012
Limited edition 10" vinyl & download
Release date: 25th May 2009
MYSPACE: St Luminous Bride

Press

CHANNEL 4 PLANET SOUND : "A dark, drunken waltz, Kevin Craig's cavernous vocals out-gloom Tindersticks as the mournful strings kidnap your soul. Equally grimy and gorgeous. 8/10."

DIE SHELLSUIT DIE : "Sounds how Bon Iver might if they only played at wakes. [It] crackles with revolutionary vitriol and melancholy."

GOD IS IN THE TV : "It is impossible not to fall in love with vocalist K Craig's apocalyptic tone. Last Harbour are in touch with the old Manchester, channelling the ghosts of the industrial age, a gloom that predates 'Closer' and 'Unknown Pleasures' by a century and a half. Those who possess a morbid curiosity or an appreciation for the darker arts will be in for a treat."

TERRASCOPE : "Comparisons to Arcade Fire and Nick Cave aren't far from the mark. Great stuff."

BOOMKAT : "Dark and ghostly... very alluring in an eerie sort of way."


PENNY BLACK : "A skewed piece of dark country noir, almost heart stopping in its turbulence. [This is] a record of intense quality from a unique band."

DELUSIONS OF ADEQUACY : "With a gorgeous hand-printed sleeve in a limited run of 350 copies, this is a compulsory acquisition... could be a disease-ravaged pirate ship shanty if it were co-written by The Gun Club's late-Jeffrey Lee Pierce and Henry's Dream-era Nick Cave."

MANCHESTER MUSIC : "On “Saint Luminous Bride”, an understated EP of reflection and sombre, almost gothically sweet melody, Last Harbour present an almost nostalgic take on cigarette-smoke-thick, lovesick melancholia. There are alluring comparisons to be made with Johnny Cash embracing Nick Cave but singer K Craig has his own timbre that reminds me much of Ian McCulloch and bands like iLiKETRAiNS . This is a tempting collection, with the excellent, stretched tome “Brothers” providing a subdued sense of the spectacular. Excellent. 4/5."