Recently nominated for the category of "Best Gothic Band" in the Denver Westword Music Showcase, BERYL BELOVED ("Beryl" pronounced to rhyme with Cheryl) is a two-man/one-machine alternative outfit based in Colorado, which retains even today the melodic, full-bodied spirit of post-punk, deathrock, and eighties-era gothic rock. Their impressionistic, lyric-focused songs draw from predecessors like Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Southern Death Cult, and others - merging intricate but uncomplicated progressions together with their own brand of storytelling.
There are the songs, of course, which have always spoken for themselves. Since the summer of 2009, Beryl Beloved have nourished a sound that is markedly different - free from formula, and yet full of pop sensibilities. Every release is a display of the theatrical bent, elegance, raw energy, tongue-in-cheek, and spontaneity that remains a signature mark of Beloved's work.
Instrumentation
Beryl Bacavis - Vocal, keyboards, Electric Guitars, Additional Guitars
Hands Without a Face - Bass, Backing Vocals
S.Marie Bacavis- Backing Vocals, Lyrics
The Mechanical Hound - Drum Machine
Vaux "Jimmy" Borden (2009-10) - Bass, Backing Vocals
Discography
The band's debut EP, "Dressed for Burial," is available through iTunes, Amazon MP3, Napster, CD Baby, and a number of other digital distribution sites.
"Foot Stuck Child" appeared on Subculture Shock's Fall 2010 compilation, alongside acts like Bloody Dead And Sexy, The Birthday Massacre, and Solemn Novena. This cd was made available to participants of the show's semi-annual fund drive for WNRN 91.9 FM in Central Virginia. For nearly 15 years, WNRN's Subculture Shock has been the area's premier radio show for Goth, Industrial, Deathrock, Darkwave, and related genres.
The band has received regular airplay on 90.5 WUSC FM (Dark Entries) in South Carolina, 91.9 FM (Subculture Shock) in central Virginia, and WMBR 88.1 FM (Bats in the Belfry) in Cambridge, MA. "Procession" and "Last Rites" have been featured by U.K. DJ Martin Oldgoth on his weekly online radio show 'thirteen13,' and older demo tracks "Bought and Sold" and "Down Low" have also received airplay on Kansas City's 90.1 FM (Retro Red-Eye Express). Beryl Beloved's songs have been spun at clubs locally as well as internationally, most notably appearing on playlists at The Church and Beauty Bar in Denver, and Dead & Buried in the U.K.
Also heard on:
Dark Horizons Radio
InsideOutcast
Aztalan Turf
Fadeout Podcast
Danse Macabre
La Baticueeva
Ourobouros Podcast
Indie Life Radio
