Doctor

***The soundtrack to last year’s underground cult hit The Doctor, a film described by the All Movie Guide as “a surreal landscape of paranoia and despair.” With music by director THOMAS NOLA and his orchestra, and narration by DEATH IN JUNE’s DOUGLAS P, the album stands as a rare treat sure to tickle and pervert the senses. An array of genres, from the pseudo-ragtime of “Drawn & Quartered” to the gothic kindermusik of “Miss Marilla Huxley,” create a strange mix unlike any you’ve ever heard. Douglas P’s voice, appearing in numerous places throughout the record, lends a suitably austere and dark atmosphere to the proceedings. On its own The Doctor is an engaging and original album, but with the benediction of Douglas P. it becomes a must-have for all fans of Death in June. To further enhance the DIJ tie-in, a sticker on the front of all retail copies of the CD and LP mentions the connection to Death in June, and a photograph of Thomas Nöla and Douglas P. appears on the back cover of both formats.