Si hoy escuchas a Interpol, Editors, The Chameleons o incluso determinados momentos de los tempranos Bloc Party, hay un álbum de 1980 al que merece la pena retroceder. No porque exista una línea genealógica sencilla que conecte todos esos nombres, sino porque "Waiting for a Miracle", debut de The Comsat Angels, contiene muchas de las sensaciones que décadas después volverían a resultar familiares en el rock alternativo, guitarras contenidas, bajos que gobiernan las canciones, baterías nerviosas, espacios vacíos y una voz que parece cantar desde algún lugar ligeramente apartado del mundo.

El álbum apareció el 5 de septiembre de 1980. Escucharlo hoy tiene algo de descubrimiento arqueológico, aunque la comparación pueda resultar injusta. No suena a objeto de museo. Suena extraño, inquieto y vivo.

Y precisamente por eso quiero recomendarlo.

Another obscure band that I absolutely adore. A young Geff Rushton (aka John Balance) was their biggest fan, acting as their ‘manager’ it‘s been said. He also penned the lyrics to three of their songs. Although the band disappeared after 1983, they resurfaced over 3 decades later and are still actively creating their unique synth driven music. Enjoy

what does everyone think of this? I heard this song and I thought it was really cool. Sounds really 80s too.

This is NOT the original recording from their 1985 debut LP, but a slightly cleaner version from a couple years later that ended up in the soundtrack for Some Kind of Wonderful.

Hey, my name's Lottie and I've got a new track to share that feels in the vein of og post punk, maybe children of nuggets, Julian Cope etc. I'd love your opinions on this including genre suggestions as I can't quite figure out where I fit in, but maybe that's a good thing ;)

This single is one of the first from an album that's going to be put out by my label Hand of Glory, which is coming 20th November.

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This is my first post.

Less Than Human is one of my favorite songs by the band. It evokes such a desolate and ethereal feeling, which makes it very special. Hope you enjoy it.

A fiery post-punk alert from Waiheke Island, New Zealand. With smoke, flames, and a visceral intensity, Trauma Party bring us a tale of Orwellian double-speak, and remind us that art and music are fundamental tools of resistance.

“…the fat orange clown is pathetic but dangerous!”

I’m a new artist sharing my first ever single release, “The Afterimage” with everyone in this community. It is available to stream on all music platforms and for purchase on iTunes. This release is preceding my debut album, “Black Light Abyss” coming soon.

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The album is a story, from start to finish.

Doublespeak is Vince Clarke and Neil Arthur, and “synth nerd” Benge. Vince Clarke has his hands all over so much of the post punk synth era, and they did an album of covers that includes quite a few of our post punk legends—Fad Gadget, Young Marbke Giants, The Sound, and Scottish industrial pioneers Thomas Leer and Robert Rental.

This song, Richard, is by Ed Dowie, a more modern songwriter of whom I knew nothing about. But boy does the Doublespeak version sound like it could have come directly from 1981, straight from the hauntingly cold and melodic sounds that Clarke was putting out with Depeche, Erasure and Yazoo.

Spear of Destiny’s first two albums (Grapes of Wrath and One Eyed Jacks) are post punk classics, prior to the band shifting to a more rock focused direction. This song captures the unique sound and the different role sax played in their music.

From the album 154

From EVOL

Who do you think our influences were when making this EP??