Pink Turns Blue – “Not Even Trying” – Tainted The new single from Pink Turns Blue couldn’t be more relevant. The band laments how good humankind is when it comes to destroying the planet without even trying, and that, if we … Continue Reading
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Angel Olsen – “Safety Dance”
Angel Olsen – “Safety Dance” Only Angel Olsen can turn “Safety Dance” by 80s icon, Men Without Hats, and turn it into a creepily beautiful song that sounds as if it should be on the jukebox at the bar in … Continue Reading
Medieval Romance: Dispel – “Temptation”
Dispel “Temptation” Lore I love Darkwave when they reached back to those medieval elements that just out of reach of modern civilization, but still the era calls to us. Dispel invokes that age of violence and chivalry, piety and sin, … Continue Reading
Darkness With Brightness: GemelaDual – “Golden Sleepwalker”
GemelaDual “Golden Sleepwalker” What a wonderfully dark sound “Golden Sleepwalker” has. The production is delightfully underlit, like a painting by Rembrandt or Geetgen toot Sin Jans, where light only shines on parts of the whole. In “Golden Sleepwalker”, the vocals … Continue Reading
Beautiful Dark: White China – “Freak Dreams”
White China “Freak Dreams” I This is great darkwave music. Have you reached that time when you find yourself greeting every sunrise when you’re just getting in, and you wonder, is it worth it? That’s the question Gianluca Buccellati poses. He … Continue Reading
The Next Big Athens Thing: Muuy Biien – “Mara”
Muuy Biien “Mara” Age Of Uncertainty Muuy Biien has dropped the second single from their album, Age Of Uncertainly, and it’s a killer. With a riff that won’t quit, and underplayed instrumentation to let the vocals of Joshua Evans to take center … Continue Reading