Merchandise - the goth / noise / pop / punk band from Tampa Florida

Love these guys. Their 2012 album, "Children of Desire," was great ... there was some talk about it on Rolling Goth/Darkwave 2012. Total Nite EP out this spring.

New track:
https://soundcloud.com/life-or-death-pr/merchandise-anxietys-door/

Favorite older track:

http://vimeo.com/47212861

"In Nightmare Room" from Children of Desire

I've been meaning to check that album out. I live in Tampa and the first time I heard of the band was that darkwave thread. A good indication on how tuned-in I am with regards to the local music scene here.

Kind of addicted to Children of Desire at the moment. "Anxiety's Door" off the new EP (LP?) is great, as well.

They were really, really good live. Made me go back to hear the records.

just bought tickets to see them in Brooklyn next Saturday with Milk Music

I still need to pick up Totale Nite. They released this video today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3e5aDQjoSI

new album's a big disappointment right? i came around to loving the first one in a huge way after a while so maybe it's still got a chance but seemed so drained of energy

also: crucial brutal chuck eddy review

http://www.spin.com/reviews/merchandise-totale-night-night-people/

One thing this misses is that a lot of that '80s modern-pop dinkiness (certainly Depeche and Flock) was post-disco dance music underneath — well, at least dance music for lonely bedsits — and Merchandise live rhythmically in Nowherezville. Their groove-lack also cancels out most Wax Trax, krautrock, and Goth analogies well-wishers make (though they do retain much of the latter's wrist-slitting aspects), not to mention Miles Davis/Minutemen/Roxy/Dylan/Haggard (!?)/Boyz II Men (!!??) analogies the band and their publicists prefer people were making: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got etc….Well, okay, it might mean something, just not that.

on 4ad now i see

more like purge and dies

lool

http://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/merchandise-after-the-end

this band sucks

i enjoyed Children of Desire way more than any of the other big name fake 80s bands you'd care to name

every band is exactly as good as the first video posted in their thread. so merchandise are pretty okay, smoothed-out 90s noise rock w/ sensitive goth dude feeling vocals woo.

I like After the End more than any of the previous stuff, but my head's been in a "big widescreen 80s production" place lately.

Like, some of the music on the new one reminds me of a more finesse version of The Call.

the production is a definite improvement but the songs are still a bit on the thin side, tunewise

feels like they smoothed out any & all of the weirdness that made them interesting. not really loving After the End. CoD and Total Nite were excellent though.

almost makes me nostalgic for interpol.

Ooh boy
This new one is just a flat-out terrible record. Makes me question what I ever loved about CoD. Totale Nite sucked too.

This band went in strange directions following Children of Desire. I still enjoy the ST EP and Terminal Jagger Jane though.

I have never heard any of their previous work, but I really like After the End!

I really like After The End. I just started listening to their new one, A Corpse Wired For Sound. Not so sure about the new one just yet.

do they still sound like blues brothers 2000

I really loved half of After The End, but nothing is grabbing me so far on the new one.