Within Screwtape's Grasp Pt. 1 by Squidbitchez

Date Released 7/20/2011 Sales 18 Listens 26

After Marguerite's meltdown, the girls needed rest. They crossed the ocean to find it in a small town with a rather bloody history. They felt they would be fit to do as they pleased and get some well-earned respite.

All of the rumors about the town they were staying in were true, and then some. It was beautiful and alluring and inspiring. Folks were friendly but guarded around them, which should have been the first clue.

Haunted sounds would come calling them at night. It sounded like the ocean crying, then a woman screaming, then silence. Utter silence. The two would go to the local pub and hear whispers of what was lurking beneath the surface of the quaint village. Antoinette took to fiddling out tunes to amuse herself and other patrons.

She didn't know, ok? *They* didn't know!

Marguerite would wake up in the night to hear the viola screeching out ear-splitting music. Antoinette would not respond to her pleas to stop. After all that Marguerite had been through, she was helpless to return the favor and bring Antoinette out of her stupor. She feared her friend was going mad...

Marguerite called others for help, but at first they didn't believe her. Accused her of being on drugs again, making things up. One night, she entered Antoinette's room and wept in fear - noises, shadows, things she could not comprehend. How on earth could she fix this? Who on earth would help her?

There was but one choice.

(continued in "Without Screwtape's Grasp Pt. 2" by Lucifer and the Long Pigs. Get it to have the complete tale in 2 discs.)

Tracks

1. -Act 1-
2. Meltdown
3. Aftermath
4. Traveling Minstrels
5. Babel's Lighthouse
6. -Act 2-
7. Haunted Ocean
8. Rumor Mill
9. Beelzebub's Pub
10. Fiddling With The Devil
11. -Act 3-
12. Poison Darts for Poisoned Harts
13. That Way Madness Lies
14. Don't Cry Wolf
15. Screwtape's Siren
16. The Misery of Marguerite

Reviews

"There are no words.
Only 5/5 pentacles."

Infacticide

"Been a while since a release blew me away. The Screwtape saga is just what the industry needed.

The tale? engrossing.
The cover art? not only astounding, but perfectly fits within the narrative.
Me? completely enraptured.

This is one of the coolest collaborations to ever grace the Figment world!"

theHoseman

"A truly novel concept for 2 concept albums! Love everything about it. Well done FuriousGrace and formerwageslave. This is what Figment is all about!"

Eric