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Redemption
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Redemption = Rosetta Stone + The Church + The Cult

The first track on Home, “Times Like These” is a goth-rock heartwarmer to gently pull you into the netherworld that is Redemption, but the real darkness of their power kicks in with the hard guitar strokes of “Disillusion.” Redemption is like the Sandman brought to life: edgy, mysterious, not black and white but grey, aloof and cold — yet strangely warm and comforting. Don’t ask how Neil Gaiman did it, and don’t ask Miah how he does it. With every word, Redemption’s music gives you this weird hope where there was none. Excellent production, magnificent orchestral arrangements and gutsy instrument variation, like cool bongo drums on “Absolution,” are sure to launch patent-leather sex-fiends Redemption onto even more recognition in the international goth world. —James Orme