"Leslie Woods & Dark Mountain Orchid - The Luxury Of Sin"

This is the fifth of six blog posts in a series of female artists or female-fronted bands that will be published under 2024. This fifth blog post deals with singer-songwriter Leslie Woods and her band Dark Mountain Orchid. The style can be labeled "Appalachian Gothic". The album "The Luxury of Sin" was released in 2004 and is a collection of twelve original songs. The 2-cd European release on Glitterhouse Records contains the debut album "Velvet Sky" as a free bonus disc. Leslie Woods is from Knoxville, Tennessee. She looked and dressed like a goth girl (at least in 2004). Goth is a good thing. An album review caught my attention: "Unease and longing conjured from the places where old growth trees cast perpetual gloom on a land soaked in blood." What's not to like about this vivid description? The album "The Luxury of Sin" is disturbing yet compelling. According to reputable No Depression Magazine it can be described as "dark, erotic, dreamy-style". I totally agree. The best songs are "Train", "Say Anything", "I Was Younger Then", "Cami", "Heart Is Black", "What I Thought", "Heroin". The arrangements are solid. This is so much better than all the copiers, fakers, imitators, impersonaters and imposters out there. The album isn't particularly rare. You can find an used copy here and there.