LP / Avant! Records / 2012
Born by members of hardcore bands Salvation and Mother Of Mercy, Night
Sins is the aural proof that life does not walk so dark all over Europe
alone. Emerging sometime around 2011 under the oppressive skies of
Philadelphia, these overcast malcontents are fitly connected to a city
engrossed in shadow-soaked vices and dilapidated architecture. Not to
imply that there isn't a comforting sort of gloominess in this musical
malaise as Night Sins frolic down a musical path originally cut by The
Sisters of Mercy and Clan of Xymox, with enough hints of Pink Turns
Blue, The Mission, and other extensions into 80's darkwave to produce
memorable songwriting that stands on its own. Bass and drums punch
through the mist thick as thieves, guitar lines circle like falcons
overhead, minimal synths street clean some of the residual dirt, and
singer-songwriter Kyle Kimball's vocals confidently press through an
intimate fog. There is a brilliant light in the midst of dimness, and
Night Sins is carrying the torch.