First and Last and Always Format:4LP - Red and Black Marbled The title track

The title track

providing a glimpse into a transformative period following the fall of the Trujillo regime

Lauded by artists such as Jim O’Rourke and Devendra Banhart

Introducing The Garden: a Strings album and a Retrospective from a room in Montreal with the windows open

First and Last and Always Format:4LP - Red and Black Marbled The title track1985's First and Last and Always remains unequalled in the genre Goth, permanently granted top place on a pedestal from which it cannot be toppled. From the opening claustrophobia of "Black Planet" to the melancholy "No Time to Cry", Eldritch continually assured listeners that "everything's gonna be alright". Continuing with the bass driven guitar gem "Possession" and the closing "Some Kind of Stranger", an untouchable epic that, clocking in at over