I found out about Scarlet Dorn yesterday, a German band named after its vocalist that does kinda gothy, kinda poppy rock. I’m partial to woman-fronted bands with both guitars and keyboards, so as soon as I heard the opening of “Falling” I knew this was right up my alley.
This is another good one. It’s both a love song and a science lesson. If Scarlet Dorn had been around 20 years ago I’d have put this on one of the mixtapes I used to send Catherine.
She sings it to our cats.
And here’s a song with a message I can get behind.
Love has no colour but love
No roots and no race
No land and no state
No colour
Love has no colour but love
No creed and no faith
No colour
No, love has no colour but love
Scarlet Dorn’s music isn’t super-heavy or incredibly complex, but the lyrics are often clever and Ms. Dorn has a great delivery so I ended up buying all the band’s albums. Unfortunately, only Queen of Broken Dreams (the most recent one) is available on CD.
I like having music on physical media. Streaming services giveth, and they taketh away, and there’s no telling when a device’s internal storage might fail. Also, you don’t really own something unless you’ve got a physical copy.
tangent on physical media
They’re on Bandcamp if you want to check out their albums. They’ve got three so far:
- Queen of Broken Dreams (2022)
- Blood Red Bouquet (2021)
- Lack of Light (2018)
Besides, it’s fun to try to figure out if Scarlet Dorn’s a contralto or a mezzo-soprano. Either way, her voice is redolent of whiskey, unfiltered cigarettes, and old noir films. It’s a pleasant change from the likes of Tarja Turunen, Sharon den Adel, or Charlotte Wessels.