Caroline Blind ( of Sunshine Blind ) has returned from her belting goth rock days to bring you a more Gothic Folk rock experience. Hailed as ‘Dark Folk’, ‘Neo Folk’, and ‘Acoustigoth’, Caroline’s new album “The Spell Between” was released in March of 2020. Two singles were released in advance, with great reviews, which can be seen on the artists’ facebook page: THE SPELL BETWEEN
Caroline has been playing live and touring recently in many configurations: She started playing again after many years away, by playing Sunshine Blind reunion gigs ( Goth Festival Convergence XX in Chicago in 2014, and Convergence XXIV in Detroit, 2018) with original Sunshine Blind members; guitarist CWHK and Drummer Geoff Bruce, with mutual friend William Faith (Faith and the Muse, Bellwether Syndicate) on Bass.
She enjoyed playing the songs and being on stage again. She enlisted the help of Dave the Dramedy from Los Angeles to accompany her on acoustic guitar for some shows on a tour with Ego Likeness, where they played acoustic versions of Sunshine Blind songs and some cover songs, in November of 2018.
Most recently, Blind added George Earth (Switchblade Symphony) on electric guitar, and moved Dave the Dramedy to bass, to play a full electric set of all the songs, while she remains playing acoustic guitar at the front.
This lineup played The first ever Alchemy Victorian Ball in Portland, Oregon, and shows in San Francisco, and Los Angeles in early 2019, and later played live in Detroit, at Smalls Bar, and Danse Macabre IV, a goth party in Pittsburgh, PA, with Angel Metro and the Long Losts, at Halloween in 2019.
The shows, and a new long distance collaboration on new material with Rich W. (of Goth Rockers THE WAKE (US)) inspired the recording of this new album, “The Spell Between”. The collaboration has grown organically over the past two years to include a number of friends and collaborators.
Besides Rich W. (guitarist of The Wake), George Earth (guitarist of Switchblade Symphony), and guitarist/ bassist Dave the Dramedy, the album features David Wolfenden, guitarist of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, and Ashe Ruppe of Delphine Coma. The album was mixed by Gordon Young in Edinburgh, who, besides playing for Children on Stun, Pretentious Moi, The Dream Disciples and many others, is a full-time mastering engineer who mastered albums and singles last year for Sometime the Wolf, Grooving in Green, October Burns Black and many others. Gordon Young also contributed to playing on the album.
In 2020, Caroline played her first shows ever in Mexico City (February 2020), and finally released the the full album in March 2020, just as the world shut down due to the Pandemic.
Blind moved her operations across country in June 2020, from San Francisco back to her home state of New Jersey, where she bought an old church building, (built in 1850), where she currently lives and has her studio.
Caroline continued to work on music throughout the Pandemic, teaming up with David “Wolfie” Wolfenden, guitarist from Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, to create an entire album of Experimental Electronic songs under the Project name “Voidant”. The album is only available on Bandcamp:
Caroline also continued to release singles and remixes over the course of the Pandemic, most notably taking the song “Tribe” from “The Spell Between” ( an original Sunshine Blind song ) and having it remixed by Andee Blacksugar (KMFDM, Blondie), Mark Gemini Thwaite (The Mission, Lords of Acid) and Ashley Bad (Lords of Acid, Solo Artist) and guitarist Ben Christo of the Sisters of Mercy.
The Remix EP is available on Bandcamp: TRIBE (The Remixes)
She also teamed up once again with Rich W., guitarist of The Wake (US) for a swirling coldwave single called “Cold”, and contributed a cover of Love and Rockets song “I feel Speed” to a Love and Rockets and Tones on Tail tribute compilation CD called “The Work of Sinners, The Work of Saints” from Coitus Interruptus Productions with 21 other artists/ covers. Videos are below.
All Caroline Blind, Sunshine Blind and Voidant Music is available on Bandcamp:
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