Elysium: Glisten (CD)

Crashing on American shores in a gothic fit of FauxAD melancholy, ethereal wave was the scene that celebrated its own stillbirth. Among the genre’s pinnacle works is Elysium’s lone album Glisten, which arrived on compact disc under the Dewdrops Records banner in 1995. Come for the lush and atmospheric cooings of Jenny Adams, stay for the clean-tone precision of Rodney Rodriguez. Is this heaven or Los Angeles?

1. Glistening Ganache
2. Soledad
3. Proud Man
4. Dulcinea
5. I Was a Child
6. Sweetly Said
7. Close to the End
8. Calm Peril
9. In Times...
10. The Road
11. First Thought
12. That Too Will Have Its Time
13. Chasing Shade
14. In Times of Despair