New York’s Scary Mansion recently dropped this diamond: an achingly soulful cover of Cyndi Lauper’s feelgood ode to sorority ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’.
Scary Mansion

Scary Mansion – Make Me Cry
An earnestly effective record that sets a new personal best and promises greater things to come. This is one haunted house then that is certainly worth the risk of exploring.

Alessi’s Brain Bulletin #1
We asked London based singer-songwriter Alessi Laurent-Marke to write a web based extension of her cult fan-zine ‘Brain Bulletin’ especially for TLOBF. In part 1, she discusses NYC folkies Scary Mansion.

Life In Cartoons #11
Parlez-vous Français? Non? It’s ok neither does Anika – but that doesn’t stop her heading over to France for the day to catch Scary Mansion. Hardcore.
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