FAUST

Along with the EP I Have A Special Plan For This World, this constitutes something of a return to the dark ambient sound collage style of Current 93's origins - but a take on that style tempered and matured by the intervening years of experience. It's inspired not by the Faust legend in general, but a specific take on it - namely, the short story of the same name by Count Stenbock, one of the obscure 19th Century literary figures who has had the good fortune to become one of David Tibet's muses. If you're only into Current 93 for the neofolk, you'll find it tiresome, but if you like Tibet's taste in longform weird dark ambient (produced in conjunction with Nurse With Wound's Steven Stapleton), this'll hit the spot for you.