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"With a combination of universal emotions, uninhibited introspection, instrumentation from every song you loved in the 80's and what can only be described as pure faith, Beauty For Ashes offers up music that touches everyone." -DJ Delchi, NYC

"After listening to this band's self-titled CD, I came away with two very distinct opinions. This is dark and very passionate music that sets the mood." -Aquarian Weekly

"This CD is everything I've always loved about music. It's dark and somewhat gothic with beautiful vocals and very ambient guitar work. I give it two thumbs way up!" -Jance Dunn, M2

"Beauty For Ashes is simply the best band I've heard this year. Walking a fine line between melancholy and spirituality, this CD pushes you towards the light at the end of the tunnel." -Burner Magazine

"Beauty For Ashes™ present a paradigm shift from what has been taking place in New York music in recent years. Unlike other dark bands who revel in maudlin verse and tones of hopelessness, BFA considers their work a ministry. Their hope is that through their faith, they can ultimately lead the fan and listener to a higher power. BFA's outspoken stance on this relational experience provides one with the feeling that they are reaching the audience from a bleak past that simply brought some of the members too far into the dark at one point. It seems that through their very heartfelt lyrics, they are utilizing experiential components to shed light at the end of a very long and shrouded tunnel some may currently be headed down. Much of the music lyric contents work as a double-entendre which relates on a personal and religious level without coming across as preachy. Beauty For Ashes seem to be able to reach the audience because they have been in our shoes. They have loved and lost, been hurt, misled and led stray. Despite a certain essence of melancholy, their worth and faith provides a testament that all that is dark is not necessarily bad or even evil. Their music simply entertains on one level, but can cause a profound spiritual questing for the seeker as well." -Mike Ventarola, Hidden Sanctuary

Beauty For Ashes, who resides in the New York City metropolis, has been together for six years now. Their first release was a six-song EP that slipped past our radar some time ago and fortunately, we caught wind of their debut full-length CD, My Secret Sin. The first song, Dark Days, emanates like a funeral march with its descending guitar tones, shrouded synths and mournful vocals. The apocalyptic lyrics to this song carry profound poignancy in the light of the devastating events of September 11th in NYC. Throughout the album, Beauty For Ashes eschews the ostentatious rock or dance sound, enthralling the listener with a deeply personal and stripped-down elegance. Like two sides of the same coin, there is a balance between dark resonance on one side and a distinctively vocalized testimony of faith on the other. Know that even on the edge of the abyss of sorrow, there is salvation to be found in Jesus Christ, who wants to wash away all your secret sins. -Richard Maaranen, Automata, 2005