I have been having quite the eventful month, let’s just say. It all started when my wife and I narrowly avoided a horrible car crash, so that brush with death and the accompanying reminder that when you wake up each morning you don’t really know if you’ll still be alive by day’s end kept my mind busy; then my son got a terrible ear infection and was up all night screaming, then the following Monday when he went back to school, he got injured falling off the playground slide and had to be taken home, and just a bunch of other stressful stuff happened. I’m finally recovering mentally. That’s why this post is like a week and a half late. Any little motivation to work on my creative endeavors that I’ve been able to squeeze out has gone into making my webcomic. Well, I’m finally ahead on that so I might as well get this blog out. I’m going to keep the list to what it would have been on March 9th, even though I’ve discovered new music since then, or else I may not have much to list next month. I’m still going to try to do April’s blog on time.
Devoted Sinners ~ The Mediocre Goth Club
I’ve been to goth dance clubs exactly like the one described in this song. Haven’t updated their playlist since 1993, always playing the exact same worn out songs, even slipping in non-goth stuff like Rammstein, Die Antwoord and Korn to please all the normies in attendance. Even when they play something from the 21st century it’s always the same song; like say “Military Fashion Show” by And One, the band has dozens of better songs but it’s always that one. Anyway, thanks Devoted Sinners for voicing many of my frustrations with the goth scene.
Tango Mangalore ~ Son of Adam
The first song I heard from this Greek nautical-goth band was “Mort Marin” back in 2017. The singer is also a fisherman and sings about the sea a lot, an ongoing theme in his work. This song was on their January 2022 release One Fathom Heart. What got me to revisit this song and become addicted to it was that I was constructing a mixtape/playlist based around the theme of The Abyss. “Son of Adam” is all about staring into the abyss, Nietzsche-style. I have the playlist ready if you’re interested, I hope to write a blog entry on it with detailed explanations of the song choices. This song is one of the most fitting entries. Not to mention, it has fitted my mood as of late.
Naut ~ 8 in 3
This is one of those songs that keeps getting better as it goes along, ending with this badass dark riff that reminds me of a guitar riff from a really good black metal band, although the Bristol, UK band Naut is definitely deathrock through and through. One of those rare songs where the last third or so is the best part, kinda like “Over Now” by Alice in Chains. Well, at the halfway point at 3:24 is where you get a change of pace, that’s really where it started to get my attention. It just builds and builds momentum from there. Got my inner metalhead teen excited.
Naut’s album Hunt came out on February 24, still pretty new. Give it a listen.
Party Day ~ Atoms
Back to the 1980s with this one, the gift that keeps on giving. To be honest I hadn’t heard this before the YouTube channel DarkGoth Alternative Music uploaded it with this 80s dance club video. Makes me wonder what other songs I’m going to discover and love from before I was born. (This came out in 1985, I was born the next year.) This so g is similar in tone to other wonderful, overlooked classics like “Game Over” by Ministry and “The Sounding” by Affordable Floors, I don’t know how to describe it but it’s kind of a similar, magical 80s vibe that you don’t hear anymore, even from bands that try their best to emulate 80s music.
Opera Multi Steel ~ Les Soleil Est Parti
The music video, with its clips from the silent film adaptation of Faust, was what grabbed my attention, but I stayed for the vaguely Middle Eastern sounding darkwave music. Opera Multi Steel, from Bourges, France, describes themselves as a medieval darkwave band, which is a combo I’ve never seen before. They’ve also been around since the 80s, so I have a discography to explore. This is brand new from last month though. Anyway, it got me to watch Faust for the first time. I love the 1920s special effects.
Yung Cortex ~ STFU
I am so glad I discovered this band recently. Yung Cortex also does vaporwave music, which I’m not into as much, but their post-punk is awesome. Last month’s pick “Time Won’t Stop” is still very relevant to me and fresh in my mind. Another favorite song of mine is “Miserable”. But this is a beautiful hate song that is so relevant to my day to day life. You ever get stuck talking to someone you never wanted to speak to in the first place, and they just go on and on and on, and you just kind of nod and smile because you don’t want to be rude but inside your mind you’re screaming “shut the fuck up!”? It happens to me surprisingly often. Doesn’t help that I’m a bit agoraphobic these days.
They have a Bandcamp page, but I don’t see this particular song on it.
Buzz Kull ~ Fascination
The Australian darkwave band Buzz Kull is an old favorite of mine at this point. “Avoiding the Light” is still one of my favorite songs after first hearing it back in 2019. Their latest album, Fascination, was released in November of last year and somehow flew under my radar until this music video came out. I’ll have to get it next time there’s a Bandcamp Friday. See what other goodies are on there.
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