Paul Roland - Cabinet of Curiosities (1987)

Thrown into this world directly into the midst of fine arts (his mother gave birth to him backstage while playing Ophelia in a production of Hamlet), Paul grew in a universe of mysticism, tales and the imaginary. It didn’t take long for this young man, fascinated by the bizarre and the occult, to find his passion for music. At 19 he made his first single and a few months later he had his first album out. Labeled, by his friend and artist Robyn Hitchcock, as “the male Kate Bush”, Paul released a hefty number of albums throughout his musical career, where he was able to incorporate his visions of 19^th century murders, medieval grotesques and a cadaverous and obscene Victorian lady.

Powered by a bizarre, dark whimsical tone, his music falls many times into an “early Pink Floyd” disposition where a dreamy psych-pop finds his companions, a folkish guitar and warm baroque strings. This album follows that exact same mood: a symphonic reverie of gloomy characters.

A Cabinet Of Curiosities

1. Madhouse

2. Wyndam Hill

3. Jumbee

4. Gary Gilmores's Eyes

5. Burn

6. Stranger Than Strange

7. Walter The Occultist

8. Demon In A Glass Case

9. Green Glass Violins

10. Berlin

11. Cairo

12. Madame Guillotine

13. Madeleine

14. Gabrielle

15. Happy Families

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