Beast of Dreams explained

Beast of Dreams
Type:	album
Artist:	Pain Teens
Cover:	Pain_Teens_Beast_of_Dreams.jpg
Genre:	Noise rock
Length:	45:44
Label:	Trance Syndicate
Producer:	Scott Ayers
Prev Title:	Destroy Me, Lover
Prev Year:	1993

Beast of Dreams is the fifth and final studio album by American noise rock and Industrial music band Pain Teens, released on October 24, 1995 by Trance Syndicate.^[1]

Music

Ayers has described the music on Destroy Me, Lover as being more eccentric than the band's previous releases, attributing the inclusion of instruments such as a sitar, violin, and upright bass as contributing to the record's diverse sound.^[2]

Reception

Vincent Jeffries of allmusic gave it 3 out of 5 stars, complimenting Ayers musicianship but criticizing the record for becoming "synthetic and repetitive."

Personnel

Adapted from the Beast of Dreams liner notes.^[3]

Pain Teens

• Scott Ayers – guitar, bass guitar, drums, violin, sitar, sampler, electronics, tape, production, engineering
• Bliss Blood – lead vocals

Production and additional personnel

• Nikki Lewis – photography
• Pain Teens – recording
• Tim Thompson – design

External links

• Beast of Dreams at Bandcamp

Notes and References

1. Web site: David . Sprague . Pain Teens . . 2007 . July 19, 2015.
2. Verhagen, Jason. Scott Ayers Interview Pitch Magazine. 1995, cited May 20, 2010
3. Beast of Dreams . . 1995 . booklet . . Austin, Texas.