To Be An Angel Blind, The Crippled Soul Divide

By 1996 the Tear Garden partnership had taken Edward Ka-Spel and cEvin Key to new areas; if they had started where Ka-Spel was almost a guest with Skinny Puppy, To Be An Angel Blind felt more rooted in the Legendary Pink Dots side of things, as the opening acoustic-led “Ascension Day,” originally written by Ka-Spel and bandmate Martijn De Kleer, shows. Generally moody and understated, with songs worked out in improvisations and edited further, it has the feeling of a late night meditation, Ka-Spel singing quietly as delicate arrangements unfold around his lyrical visions.