The Letter Black.......Bad Idea

I just got notice that female fronted modern rockers "The Letter Black" are releasing a new album.....sort of.

What they have done is remix most of the music from their 2010 album "Hanging On By a Thread" and are releasing it as "Hanging On By a Remix". I am less than pleased.....and not just because I don't like remix albums. I don't think I would be too upset with this if it wasn't for the fact that they have released 3 Eps, and only one other full length album in the last two and a half years, and not a single one of those releases included all new material. As a matter of fact the song "Hanging On By a Thread" appears on 4 of the last 5 releases. This is over exposure of the same recorded material to the over-saturation point. The only "new" song on the new remix album is an electronica cover of the song "Dream On" (from the secular band Aerosmith).

As you may have already guessed I am going to pass on this one (although I might download the cover song.....just not sure yet).

I'm not getting this. I usually just don't do remix albums. Period.

With their last several EPs of very little original stuff and this, it looks like the label is fishing to make money off this band. That is probably so that they can warrant doing another. It would not surprise me that, if this doesn't sell well, to learn that The Letter Black was dropped by their label.

I heard the cover of Dream On at a festival a year or so ago. It's actually pretty good, even including a couple of her signature screams. I'd buy it (just the cover tune that is).


EDIT: Never mind, I just listened to a sample and realized it was a remix too...I'll pass.

On the other hand, I think they may be recording a brand new album finally. They posted a studio video saying they were just about to enter the studio. So hopefully they'll have some NEW material out pretty soon.

That kind of sucks, though. I don't like many modern bands, but this one deserves to be heard. They remind me of Halestorm.