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Toys in the Attic

About Me

The Toys in the Attic are the *newest* so called goth band to hit your already stale record collection.
"I bring you something different without falling into the same pratfalls of being in a band that doesn't play gothic music but plays music that just happens to be gothic"~Detra
^Banner My band on your site and I'll contact me!
Be sure to check out our sister band! The other end of the spectrum in the dark realm...
www.myspace.com/icryinmycloset
I Cry In My Closet
support and be the first to support darkwaves newest and greatest upcoming band
The Toys Double Maxi-CD is finally released! featuring the "Always" lp and the newest lp "Our love is a Ghost"
CD songlist includes:
Cruel Fate
My Empty Debutaunt
Angel Eyes
Your Lying Face
Everything was Beautiful
Love is a Glass House
Sic Faux
Suicide Note (trying to understand)
Memories meet gun
Rewinding Time
Rape and Ruin
Our Winter again
all songs under copywrite
© 2004-2006 Prototype
The "Black Tape Cover" is a Song written by Sam Rosenthall of Black Tape for a Blue Girl called "the Honest one"
the song Red Skies is by the amazing and talented Nettie Rotten :)
Most songs deal with a recent break-up. It was all I could do to let the millions of years it took for each moment to pass....Breathing and sleeping helped nothing and I couldnt sit still. I think I literally went mad for 3 months. No Eating and No Sleeping. But I am glad that something beautiful came of it. Even if no one likes it, I feel like I gave birth to it and it is my child. Too important to let go,..yet too big to just keep to myself.... I hope you enjoy it.
~Detra

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/10/2004
Band Website: www.detra-mental.com
Band Members: Toys in the Attic is: Detra (vocals, bass, classical guitar, electronics, piano) with the very generous help from Anthony on electric guitar recordings and live shows. Also Annette with her beautiful and talented violin playing.

We do not annoy people with friend requests, all that you see on our 'friends' list have 90% been from word of mouth, please refure a friend about us and feel free to add us

Influences: Bauhaus, Christian Death, Project Pitchfork, Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Vast, Ministry, Lycia, Tones on Tails, Wumpscut, Clan of Xymox, Love is Colder than Death, Interpole, The Smiths, Morrissey, Switchblade Symphony, Sisters of Mercy, 69 eyes,Unto Ashes, Samael, The Cure, and Cinema Strange
Sounds Like: Very desolate Ambiant, with painfully personal lyrics. Slight electronics that give an Ethereal atmosphere. Classical guitars, dance beat bass, and 80's percussion. The other half has been catchy Synth with some Heavy guitars (Hanzle and Gretyl, RAzed in Black), but on very few songs. We seem to be going in the direction of Darkwave, in the style of very hurtful, personal writtings of Black Tape for a Blue Girl, SoulWhirling Somewhere, LoveSpirals.... Switchblade Symphony meets SoulWhirlingSomewhere, with a bit of edge on some songs...
Record Label: none
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

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Posted by on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:16:00 GMT

Vampire Freaks

add us please, and if you wish, add us to your music player http://vampirefreaks.com/toys_in_the_attic   thanks, ~D
Posted by on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:53:00 GMT

Suicide Note (trying to understand)

This song is extremly personal, it made me cry while writting it. Its basicaly what the title is, Im singing my suicide note. Lyrics: I thought I new a way to push myself more further something bigger...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Dec 2005 06:51:00 GMT

Memories Meet Gun

This song is personal to me, for those that are close to me its about Diana, Its about the things I should have said, what I should have done to save us. I loved her deep in the bottom of my heart. Bu...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Nov 2005 08:41:00 GMT

New songs

They are almost Done! I will be posting them soon :) stay posted
Posted by on Wed, 28 Sep 2005 00:24:00 GMT

Toys in Germany this Sept!!

The Toys in the Attic will be joining the band Venus Virus in Germany as well and any other countries that we can get our claws on. There will be more on this as the information unfolds. but as of ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

Random Infliction

Tosy in the Attic will be featured on an upcomiong magazine being sold at all Tower records and some indie shops called Random Infliction. With the Song Angel Eyes on the comp and an ad featuring phot...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

New Songs / missing angels...

More songs are currently being recorded and believe me that you have all heard nothing yet. I am very proud of these new efforts and I am sure all will enjoy :) Now your probably all wondering "where...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

sic Faux

sic Faux is about, Love lost (surprise, surprise) and how we keep turn our anger within instead of who it should really be directed at. Its mostly how I lose faith in love time and time again like tid...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

The new song Raped and Ruin

The song is about a girl I once knew who I was very close to for 9 years, who was raped. It deals with having your body violated at such a young age and living with the hell and repercussions that c...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT