Time to Slit Wrists and Write Dark Poetry: Gothic Music Thread

[HarleyQuinn]

More random Gothic Rock song drops Mixing in more known bands with some deeper, under-the-radar cuts. At some point, I'll try to jump more into the 90s but there's just so much good stuff throughout the mid 80s period. I did throw in a track from 2002 that I had discovered around the mid-2000s that I greatly enjoyed though.

The Cure - A Strange Day (1982)

Blood and Roses - Spit Upon Your Grave (1983)

Blue Hollow - Color of Night (1985)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJxS-XTPY2o

Skeletal Family - She Cries Alone (1985)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVVZ678sHuo

Dead Can Dance - The Trial (1987)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhcAnbEgnTk

Abney Park - Breathe (2002)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3tBFu1xx2Q

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Trying to hit a good variance with this selection here. Like my last post, more under-the-radar cuts but tried to go a little more contemporary. It's always interesting to see the influences ranging from bass/80s synth/punkish undertones to more industrial atmospheric mood-influenced stuff.

Linea Aspera - Synapse

Twin Tribes - Shadows

Screams For Tina - Graveyard Mary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV0t_NEvBT8

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Because I can never get tired of classic early Goth Rock... You can see definitely see the influence of the late 70s/early 80s) post-punk scene bleeding into more of the eventual mid-80s New Wave sound as well. It's also interesting to note the definite influence from bands like Bauhaus, Siouxsie, Alien Sex Fiend, and The Cure by the mid to late 1980s on the "Goth" style sound (low, brooding bass emphasis... lots of kick... guitars chiming and sparkly)

Play Dead - Final Epitaph (1981)

Young Weasels - Twist & Burn (1982)

Lost Loved Ones - I Found You (1984)

Girl Under Glass - Rainy World (1986)

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Stiff Kittens - Happy Now (1986)

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Stiff Kittens - Happy Now 12" (1986)

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Alien Sex Fiend - It Lives Again (1987)

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[Brocklock]

The Cure recently released their first album in 16 years called Songs Of A Lost World. Starting it up and the first song seems more in the classic Disintegration/Pornography type of style. The album is getting their best reviews since 1992's Wish. Really excited to listen to this in my current depressive state.

2024 has been a nice year for music comebacks. I still can't believe LL Cool J had Murdergram Deux in him. Robert Smith said they recorded enough songs during the 2019 sessions for two more albums after this, so at least The Cure can keep me sane for the next few years.