Ceremony Vanity Spawned By Fear Review And Design

𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 | 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞⁣

Vanity Spawned By Fear is the latest single from Ceremony, the fluid band that doesn’t stop changing. Honestly, this band now is unrecognisable from anything they’ve done before. Similar in a way that they are carrying the overall post-punk/ new wave tone they’ve showcased in records such as The L Shaped Man and In The Spirit World Now. ⁣

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𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 ⁣

However, the presentation and the sonics that come out of this are so different. Ross Farrar's vocals sound different from previous works in older albums or Spice. This track has a dark groove to it. Starting out we hear a guitar shimmering in and out like a siren. We later hear this motif being played as an accent which suits this dark foreboding theme.⁣

This theme gets backed up by Ceremony’s lyrical content too. With “Can you see it in me? | It cuts down on me | Burrows its teeth in me | But it belongs to me | The one thing that belongs to me” being sung but also accented in an almost whispered way. ⁣

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Love this track and the psychedelic effects on the gang vocals for the chorus, wispy, and eerie. Also, the saxophone solo towards the coda of this song are a stand-out. If you’re a fan of post-punk or new wave. You’re sure to love this.⁣

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Also let me know what you think of this design I did!⁣