The Manichean

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The Manichean I’m struggling to find the words. It’s difficult, because The Manichean is one of the most boldly original groups I’ve seen. There aren’t any similar artists that come to mind to compare and namedrop. They are young, and their youthful exuberance and sincere flaunting of rules and conventions are weapons in their arsenal. At the same time, they respect traditional instruments, history and genres while augmenting familiar sounds with modern tech. They were the only Houston band invited to participate in an acclaimed Love & Rockets tribute album, if that means anything to you. "They" is Cory Sinclair and Justice Tirapelli-Jamail, the band’s core. Sinclair is the singer and writes the lyrics and the vocal melody; Jamail plays guitar, writes the music and directs the dedicated cast of musicians. They compose sweeping, wind-blown, epic passages with big gothic themes like death, resurrection and redemption. Occasionally, the band pauses to lightly underscore a section of Sinclair’s spoken-word poetry, like the now-locally-famous "I love you so much through kisses and cuts." And what’s unique about The Manichean is that it’s all delivered without a shred of irony. Sinclair isn’t goofing on Jim Morrison or slam poets, he’s dead serious. And the cathedral of sound Jamail constructs to accommodate Sinclair’s dark lyrical content seems oddly reverent for a guy whose favorite comedy is 'Dr. Strangelove'. It’s refreshing, and it even has a cinematic flow. Both artists c

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New Tales To Tell: A Tribute To Love And Rockets

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New Tales to Tell - A Tribute to Love and Rockets (Bonus Track Version)

Whispers

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Lacerus Rising

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New Tales To Tell: A Tribute To Love And Rockets (Wide Release Version)

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Whispers EP

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Sakura

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Lovers

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New Tales To Tell: A Tribute To Love And Rockets (ThinkIndie.com Version)

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New Tales to Tell: A Tribute to Love and Rockets (Disc 2)

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New Tales to Tell - A Tribute to Love and Rockets

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Demo

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