black tape for a blue girl

Black Tape For a Blue Girl is a band from the USA formed in 1986. Their music incorporates elements of gothic, ethereal, ambient and neo-classical music.

Fronted by Projekt Records manager Sam Rosenthal, the band's lineup has changed significantly over time. The current lineup has Rosenthal on programming and keyboards, Lisa Feuer on flute and vocals, Elysabeth Grant on vocals and violin, Bret Helm (of Audra) on vocals, and Michael Laird (of Unto Ashes) on acoustic guitar and vocals. The most notable former member of the band is their long time vocalist, Oscar Herrera. Former Cellist, Mera Roberts, is currently the lead singer/multi-instrumentalist for Mercurine and Oblivia.

The style of black tape for a blue girl is generally described as "gothic", though their long catalog of music does not often gel with all of the contemporary standards of gothic or darkwave music over time. Their sound could be described accurately as an ambient soundscape of analog synth and old world instruments (both real and synthesized), mixed with vocals of poetic and melancholy themes. Much of the lyric writing is done by Rosenthal himself and often explores powerful emotions of love, vulnerability, isolation, loss, jealousy, and passion.