All Music Guide / Highly recommended [Thom Jurek] / www.popmatters.com; 2005-01-17 / '...Lunch is never cynical, in the end, she's never disillusioned from the sweet adolescent fantasy about love, always implicitly insisting that it can be the end all and be all of life, forever worth killing and groveling for...' [Rob Horning] / Uncut Magazine; 02/2005 / '...Noirish return to form from veteran art-punk..." / www.releasemagazine.net; 2004-11 / '...“Smoke in the Shadows” took its time to really grow on me, but give it that and you’ll discover that it hasn’t got one obsolete second, making it one of the best albums of the year as well as another impressive entry in Lydia Lunch’s long list of releases...' [KRISTOFFER NOHEDEN]





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New Studio recordings from the Queen of Siam, most decidedly flavored in her own hard-boiled, post-mod Raymond Chandler style- with assistance channelling beats, cabaret noir and beyond from the Anubian Lights production team.

Serious "Night Music", featuring performances & contributions by Nels & Alex Cline, Carla Bozulich, Vinny Golia, Terry Edwards & Adele Bertei. Presented in a deluxe 4-color 24-page booklet. Utterly perfect for the 3AM social extension of your choice- or perhaps a soundtrack for the skeletons in your own closet.