The Venus Fly Trap are a British alternative rock band founded in Northampton in the late 1980’s. Their eclectic style of alternative music blended post-punk with goth to form a dark psychedelic hybrid.
The band was formed by Alex Novak (vocals, formerly of Religious Overdose, Attrition, and The Tempest) and John Novak (guitar, vocals, formerly Where’s Lisse?), plus Tony Booker on bass guitar prior to their debut twelve-inch single ‘Morphine’ in March 1988.
The band decided to release a very interesting compilation, ‘Time Lapse’. It’s a selection of tracks collected from the albums “Dark Amour” “Zenith” and “Nemesis”, placed together as a possible alternative album in this alternate reality. “Time Lapse” used to refer to a method of filming, by taking a series of single pictures over a period of time and then putting them together to show the action happening quickly. Plot – Urban decay, on the concourse, escapism via drugs, machines choking the arteries. A Moscow apartment, economic refugees, the human menagerie. Zen and the art of vehicles, crucified by the highway, on the road to…Fallen statues in public parks, the prince of narcosis, to the sea of tranquility. T minus and counting, dedicated to all astronomers … keep watching the skies.
Second part (the first part 1989-1994 came out in 2021) is a selection of tracks collected from the albums “Dark Amour”, “Zenith” and “Nemesis”, placed together as a possible alternative album in this alternate reality.
released May 26th, 2023
The Fat Angel Sings 