We here at the Brainclaw Enclave are pleased to present a sneak-peek at a song from the upcoming Brainclaw release.

Here, for your listening pleasure, is the new song, “Desperate Measures” which will be featured on the new Brainclaw CD.

Desperate Measures (192kbps mp3 file)

The album writing is coming along well, and this release is taking shape as a much harder-edged, angrier recording than either of the previous releases.

There are about 8 completed songs, with various other tunes in multiple stages of completion at this point. Videos for several of the new songs are under construction as well.

You can expect more Brainclaw live shows as the weather cools, so check out the Performance page for those dates in the Fall.

Keep tuned to this channel for updates on this release and other Brainclaw news.

Thanks again to all of you who have been keeping in touch with us during the writing phase and we look forward to seeing many of you soon!

International electromusic webzine Chain D.L.K. has posted a very positive review of the latest Brainclaw CD Dead Monsters.

Reviewer Marc Tater describes Dead Monsters in this manner: “A well worked out Electro/Industrial album with a rather American influence – also for BLC a welcomed development to release music besides the EBM/Dark Electro formula – while BRAINCLAW are able to deal with this styles, too. Thumbs up, good stuff!”

Head over to the Chain D.L.K. website to read the entire review, and make sure you look around a bit at this fantastic and comprehensive electromusic website.

Many thanks to Marc Tater and the crew at Chain D.L.K. for the wonderful review and great press.

The Dead Monsters CD got an excellent review in the latest issue of Kaleidoscope Music Magazine from the UK.

Reviewer Carl Jenkinson clearly enjoyed the latest Brainclaw offering. Here’s a sample of the review:

“Having worked themselves to the bone with their self-released debut album Insekt/Angel, David & Tara Guiffre have signed to the American BLC label for this follow-up which sees them further developing their trademark machine rock sound. This is a grittier, dirtier offering with greater use of effects & inventive production that adds an additional depth to such up-tempo numbers as ‘Strike’, which opens the album on a decidedly punchy note followed by the jaunty & instantly memorable title track while Tara does lead vocals on ‘Feed The Machine’.”

Grab a copy of the latest issue for the full review.

Many thanks to Kaleidoscope and Carl for the excellent press!

The newest Brainclaw CD, Dead Monsters, got an excellent review in the latest print issue of highly-regarded European Side-Line Music Magazine. The reviewer was clearly impressed with the album, and gave it a wonderful review. Here’s an excerpt:

“…their newest offering, 2006’s ‘Dead Monsters,’ is a real gem… Boasting steely resolve, subtle melodies and pulsating electrobeats, Brainclaw has hit a genuine home-run. Standout tracks include the lead offerings, “Strike” and “Dead Monsters,” both of which highlight Tara Giuffre’s dark and intelligent vocal stylings…”

Go, Tara! Please grab a print copy of Side-Line to read the entire review. In it, you can also find the Checkline section, two pages back from the main review, where Dead Monsters joins twelve other albums in a five-way review grid, where the CDs get short reviews from five selected writers in the magazine. Dead Monsters faired very well in these reviews as well.

Side-Line Music Magazine is choked to the oscillators with fantastic reviews, interviews and exclusive content you won’t find anywhere else in print or on the web. Check it out!
Many thanks to Bernard and the crew at Side-Line for the positive press and exposure in Europe.

Well-known genre writer Ilker Yücel gave the new Dead Monsters CD an excellent review in this month’s issue of Regen Music Magazine. You can find the complete text of the review on Regen’s website by clicking here.

Regen Music Magazine is an excellent resource for all things electro industrial, and is well worth a long look. They have just revamped their website’s layout, and it’s look and functionality have never been better.

Ilker Yücel has been writing about music for many years, and will actually be doing a remix of the title track from Dead Monsters in the near future. There have been some excellent remixes done of Brainclaw material, and fans have been making requests so… there may be a new Brainclaw Remix CD in the works for the wintertime. Look for more remix news right here, as it happens.

Many thanks to Ilker and Regen Music Magazine for this excellent press and review! Remember, if you are affiliated with a music website or magazine, or are a music writer, please contact Brainclaw Management to request a promotional copy of Dead Monsters or Insekt/Angel.

A.D. Amorosi wrote a fantastic and very positive review of the new Brainclaw CD, Dead Monsters in this week’s edition of the Philadelphia City Paper. Here is the text of the review:

From the bouncing sequencers to rolling, roiling melodies, Philly’s Brainclaw may just be EBM’s new best friend. Underneath the tiny elegance is a grandly seductive steeliness that makes Nine Inch Nails look like Tackhead. David and Tara Giuffre — Brainclaw’s married duo — use scuffed up techno-electro as a scabby soundtrack for torrid tales about big subject matter. You know: the Machine, the Demon, the Space We Inhabit. Like the Serpent in the Garden, there’s something insidious and beautiful within “Euphorium” and “The Temporal Tide.” For “Soft Self Portrait,” you’re repelled by their images of godliness and pain yet unable to draw yourself too far from its passion. But, as Roger Waters did with these tall topics, Brainclaw ekes out messages so personal and detailed, it’s as if each phrase is poured through each pore.

—A.D. Amorosi

Many thanks to A.D. and the City Paper for the great press. To view the article on-line, go HERE.

There was an excellent review of the new Dead Monsters CD in the Polish electromusic webzine Electr-On. We had our crack team of translators working around the clock to give us the English version, and here it is:

“It is a perfect match with Brainclaw, duo or quartet (it officially varies from live show to studio with them), but generally, because it is electro/ebm, it is a project that is very often found on the famous series of compilation CDs “Interbreeding”. I don’t remember exactly what was their the debut record, but their second one, is really hot, called “Dead Monsters”.

Now that they are signed to BLC Productions, the group has put out improved sound, production and all. The mix has old school ebm with modern ( high - tech ) electro, and even with synth/future-pop memories ( Euphorium ) sounds good, plays very well in MP3 player. The biggest advantage the album is probably variety. In no place do you get bored listening. Every second of thick sound, the other electronic fraction and we have industrial-rock, which is feeling like sharp, riffy and guitar-like in a few places and also with sharp, rock-style vocals.

We have also future-pop flavors and soft, gentle pleasure for ears songs, also we have a little of electro-punk’s wildness (mostly for wild Tara’s vocal) and pretty much classic ebm-old-school melody line ( fantastic classic “Hipocritic”). (more…)

There is an excellent interview of the new Dead Monsters CD on the Netherlands-based electro-industrial web magazine Gothtronic. The reviewer clearly enjoyed the CD, and gave it a very good rating. To read the full review, click here. Many thanks to reviewer TekNoir and the whole crew at Gothtronic for this wonderful review.

The next few months should be busy ones, with copies of Dead Monsters going all over the world, to many different print and online magazines and websites. Be sure to check back often for new reviews; as they happen, we will post them. We are currently translating a review on a Polish webzine, Electro-n, one on an Israeli website called Alterna.tv, and one on a Japanese site called… um… GOO.

It’s great for us to see Brainclaw breaking out on an international level! Don’t forget to pick up your copy of the European publication Side-Line Magazine, as this issue contains an exclusive new Brainclaw interview, conducted by UK Brainclaw supporter, Carl Jenkinson, of Hardwired fame.

Brainclaw’s CD Insekt/Angel received 4 skulls and a wonderful review in the South African industrial webzine Underground Press. The ‘zine covers a wide range of cool alternative music, and definitely deserves a long look. Many thanks to Tess Egersdorfer and the crew for their great review and support of Brainclaw. You can read the full review HERE.

The Brainclaw CD Insekt/Angel received a stellar review today in the latest edition of Regen Magazine. You can read the review in its entirety by clicking HERE. Many thanks to Jez Porat, Regen Magazine and Ilker for the wonderful press.