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‘Perfect Prison’ is the second single from the debut album “Impossible Space” from Ropes Of Night, out early September on Golden Antenna Records. “Impossible Space” has to offer uptempo, sad-bastard music between darkwave and post-punk, with haunting melodies and great harmonies. After the almost danceable uptempo first single ‘Another Closing Door’ this song shows another side […]
Zurich, 1994. Along the banks of the Limmat river, on the railway tracks of the disused Letten station, the largest open drugs scene in Europe is in its last year. Federal Councillor Ruth Dreifuss visits the site and meets addicts who lie on the ground, injecting themselves with heroin. From […]
Norwegian post-punk band DUVEL has just shared their entire self-titled second album set for release via Oslo-based label Fysisk Format. Another record that sits comfortably within the post-punk revival, albeit with a lighter edge than other bands. So, we have in front of us an album quite energetic and melodic, with the band […]
A product of the ’80s, ‘Block To Block’ (1981) is the breakthrough and debut album by Norwegian/Polish new wave cult heroes De Press (Andrej Nebb, Ola Snortheim, and Jørn Christensen). Like its successor, ‘Product’, the album was produced by John Leckie and De Press. Both albums are now being re-released by Apollon Records on vinyl and CD. What is […]
‘Dead Violets Night’ is the musical collaboration between Turkish one-man Post-Punk acts Rain To Rust and N.L.P. Rain To Rust is the brainchild of former Dead Man’s Dream and Rhythm 0 guitarist Mert Yıldız. He’s already put out two albums; 2019’s “Flowers Of Doubt” and 2020’s “Stillborn Flowers”. N.L.P. is […]
Solar Fake is the Electro-Act of multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Sven Friedrich, also known by his other projects Zeraphine and Dreadful Shadows. On 12 February 2021, the new album, “Enjoy Dystopia”, was released as a CD, 2CD deluxe version, 2 LP vinyl version, and as a limited fan box including the […]
Can you hear the sound of spring already? Just imagine yourself on a field full of peonies… Can you smell them? This is the vibe MOTORAMA gives me with their new album. ‘Up’ is definitely my favorite song of the album I shared with you a couple of the lyrics: […]
Echoplain is a logical continuation. Emmanuel Bœuf (Emboe, A Shape, Sons of Frida, Dernière Transmission), Clément Matheron (Sons of Frida) and Stéphane Vion (Velocross, La Diagonale du Fou) have known each other for a long time. Logical by their musical affinities and their common desire to create sound. Born in 2018, their mix of post-punk […]
Now that 2020 comes to an end, it’s time to look to the future. 2021 it’s announced to be great in terms of music, with bands releasing new albums and such. It’s the case of Varsovie, too. The French post-punk/dark rockers Arnault Destal (lyrics, drums, music) and Grégory Catherina (vocals, […]
At the risk of stating the obvious, there is so much sorrow and chaos in the world right now that it’s easy to forget that there’s still beauty – and that beauty can make the world’s darkness a little easier to bear. Music has always been one such thing for […]