Gothic Tendencies

3:00am in a random Goth Club - Art made in MidJourney / Animation in Photo Mosh Pro

Of late I seem to be listening to a lot more goth music, I had a randomly organic encounter with British / German Dark Wave duo Lebanon Hanover. Their track Totally Alive has all the hallmarks of an 80’s spiralling synth backed by metronomic drum machines wrapped in a shiny black art band shell. Of course the track drips with Gothic melancholia and is rounded out by samples and tinted with a touch of noise rock.

That then led me on a bit of a gothically fuelled rabbit hole deep dive, landing squarely on Canadian Art Post-Punk band Traitrs. Their sound has a slightly more modern feel than Lebanon Hanover but shares DNA strains with The Cure, early New Order and a dash of Bloc Party all tied together with a synthwave sensibility. Their track Thin Flesh feels cinematic and would work perfectly in a Nicolas Winding Refn movie.

Enjoy the darkness.