The Couch Abides
A few weeks ago, Couch by Couchwest, the online music festival for everybody who couldn’t or didn’t want to go to South by Southwest, called it a day. They started in 2011, and they were recommended to me just before we released The Ghost of John Henry in 2012, so Sci-Fi Romance participated in every […]
Horror Movies to Watch This October
It’s hard for me to believe that it was a year ago today that — without fully realizing what I was doing — I started work on the Sci-Fi Romance October EP. For those not familiar, every October I watch as many classic horror movies as I can cram into my eyeballs, and last year, over […]
Six Reasons Why Fall is Inarguably the Best Season
Today is the Autumnal Equinox, otherwise known as the first day of fall, otherwise known as the beginning of the best season. This is not an opinion. Fall is the best season. There are plenty of reasons why, but here are a few off the top of my head: 1. The Halloween It seems like […]
The Fall of the House of Usher, 1960
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Dracula, 1931
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Ed Wood, 1994
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The Body Snatcher, 1945
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The Bride of Frankenstein, 1935
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The Masque of the Read Death, 1964
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October EP Now Available
Download the EP for free right here. After a drought between albums, it’s incredibly gratifying to be able to put out a new EP today and release it as a free download. Two weeks ago, I didn’t even have the idea for this project, and I love that it now exists and is out there […]