to find an official home for the recordings. The first official CD release was titled; Death Has Become Her (2006) via record label Undergroove Records and was later re-released, digitally in 2009 via bandcamp.com. In a review for Death Has Become Her, Morley Seaver wrote; "The material is a mélange of autobiographical material courtesy of Tairrie B, and pieces of fiction inspired by several sources; the poet Virginia Woolf's suicide along with the Black Dahlia murder of 1947. Fittingly the material reflects the roots of the band's (as it were) name. The topics of Love, Violence, Religion and Sex figure prominently in these stories (look at the first letter in each of those words if you haven't caught on already) sometimes simultaneously." The 2nd official, digital only release is: Lady Speaks the Bruise (2010) also released via bandcamp.com. Both official releases were put together from the original recordings with the addition of new tracks. On February 14, 2012, Valentine's Day, The LVRS announced via www.myruin.net that they would be making both Death Has Become Her and Lady Speaks the Bruise albums available as a free digital only download via www.bandcamp.com. Neanderthal Another side project is Mick Murphy's side project Neanderthal. This is a solo outing, often described by the man himself as instrumental-metal in which Mick writes, performs, records and produces all that is heard. The first album, Start a Fire with Rock, was released in 2006 as a 14-song CD and 2nd album Take The Ride, was released in 2007. Both were also available as a USB wristband in the band's merchandise store. They have since been re-mastered and re-released online via bandcamp.com along with a number of other recordings. Blasphemous Girl Designs Blasphemous Girl Designs initially focused on My Ruin band merchandise and de-constructed clothing. The brand later went on to focus primarily on jewellery and wearable art. Blasphemous Girl Designs was founded in 2001 and an online store was opened in 2009. Tairrie hand makes everything herself again in keeping with her DIY ethic. In recent years the brands tagline has been; "Wearable art for the individual at heart". In an interview in September 2011, Tairrie expressed plans to grow her BGD brand: "When the time is right it might be nice to take it to the next level at some point and get a few of my ideas backed by a larger company." Band members Tairrie