Cruel Melody was originally going to be an esoteric, dirge-heavy solo project with a variety of singers, but as Borland started writing heavier material, he finally decided to take the reins behind the mike. It didn't hurt that he got inspiration not only from Lohner, who doubled as the album's producer, but Lohner's famous former employer.
"I was talking to Trent Reznor, playing him these tracks in their infancy," Borland remembers. "And he said, 'You're singing like somebody's sleeping in the next room. You should try to open that up.' You know, it's really easy to do cool electronic music that's instrumental and put soft vocals over it, but it's a lot harder to write actual songs and have them hit people." With Cruel Melody locked and loaded, Borland's planning an evocative new onstage persona for Black Light's maiden voyage, boasting a live band with guitarist Nick Annis (Seether), drummer Marshal Kirpatric (Today Is the Day, the Esoteric) and, for now, a laptop to wreak ambient havoc. ("Screw it," he laughs, "there's a computer in the band.")
Jul 20 2007 8:00P The Loft Poughkeepsie , New York
Jul 21 2007 2:00P Cayuga County Fairgrounds Syracuse , New York
Jul 23 2007 8:00P Hard Rock Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
Jul 24 2007 8:00P Blue Cats Knoxville , Tennessee
Jul 28 2007 8:00P Intersection Grand Rapids , Michigan
Jul 29 2007 8:00P Irock Maplewood , Minnesota
Jul 31 2007 8:00P Pop ' s Sauget , Illinois
Aug 1 2007 8:00P The Static Bar Topeka , Kansas
Aug 2 2007 8:00P Nutty ' s North Sioux Falls , South Dakota
Aug 3 2007 8:00P The Rock Maplewood , Minnesota
Aug 5 2007 8:00P Band Camp Madison , Wisconsin
Aug 7 2007 8:00P Marquis Denver , Colorado
Aug 8 2007 8:00P The Black Sheep Colorado Springs, Colorado
Aug 9 2007 8:00P Country Club Theatre Salt Lake City , Utah
Aug 11 2007 12:00P Cheney Stadium (KISW Show) Seattle , Washington
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