What’s yalls favorite?

I love the atmospheric and melancholic sound of this album. Some standout songs are Don’t Fall, Monkeyland, Up the Down Escalator, and Thursdays Child

From the underrated Dirk Wears White Socks

This Is My Beautiful 1981 UK Picture Disc And My Perfect Sounding US Pressing From Around 1982!

I know the sound get their flowers in the post-punk fan world, but I wonder if there are any fans out there that feel them on the level I do. I get a feeling from them that I absolutely cannot explain. Something so potent, so beautiful, so honest, so painful and so therapeutic. All together with the great rhythm section and Adrian's amazing voice and great guitar playing just form a sound that has made me addicted. I have never felt or enjoyed to a level music that I do The Sound which is why I would consider them my favourite band and in my opinion one of the greatest bands of all time. Anyone else just gobsmacked at how they make us feel like nothing else does?

A great T Rex cover

I found about this band, and its amazing

Apologies for the wordiness,

I've figured out that my general taste in music hovers somewhere in the post-punk, darkwave, coldwave, etc. spaces, but unfortunately I have found algorithms rather unhelpful in guiding me to more of what I like. There have been successes here and there, but I want to get closer to the core of the genre/subculture since there are certain types of sounds that I strongly recognise myself in. I've also ran into more than a few pleasant songs that turned out to just have bought or taken the melody from some sort of generic post-punk pack, which puts a somewhat bad taste in my mouth.

Now, the sound characteristics include something like:

- Softer, more whispery or sensual vocals. I can accept a bit of the low droning (maybe not the same genre but I'm fond of Rendez Vous and their more typically punky, harsh, oddly British delivery. And also obligatory Depeche Mode I guess) but what I really like is the contrast between the softer vocals and the droning instrumentals. It tickles my brain right.
- Drone-y basslines. The kind that just feels like a consistent dark pulse throughout the song.
- Dreamy, detached, effect-laden leads leaning more into shoegaze (heavy chorus/delay/flanger/etc) territory
- Synths (optional but nice)

One band I found that I do like a lot is Past Self, specifically tracks like Mudang, 녹슨 칼 (Rusty Knife), Jemul, etc.) and they seem to have what I'm looking for. I just want to see if there's any bands considered somewhat more classic and influential that I'm missing. I know of the influences that the band above mentioned (Slowdive, Molchat Doma, My Bloody Valentine, etc.) but they're all separated and I wanted to see if there's other places they might have converged.

Others that kind of fit the criteria but not as strictly, just to give more info: House of Harm - Isolator / Control / Vicious Pasttimes and others; The Freaks - Smoking Kills; We Cults - watch the sky; a lot of stuff by This Eternal Decay, etc.

Thank you.

this is a new song from my band le_mol. we released the new record split split yesterday. maybe you likeit.

My favorite live performance of this song. The drumming is amazing.

IS THIS THE FALL ANTHEM WE NEED RIGHT NOW?

It’s been over two years since the inception of this song and I can finally unleash my new single, “Promethean” to the world. As an emerging artist, this particular song is the one I am most proud of. The lyrics convey transcending hopeless feelings in moments of crisis and the endurance of the human spirit.

I hope this song reaches the hearts of as many listeners in this community as possible. It is available to stream on all music platforms and for purchase on iTunes and Amazon Music. This release is preceding my debut album, “Black Light Abyss” coming soon.

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From The Big Express

Another great postpunk find from a small band

PLEASE give this a listen if all you know from Soft Cell is Tainted Love.

I listened to this album because Trent Reznor said it was an influence on him making darker synth music that was still catchy.

Their first album, and still a shock: drills, hammers and sheet metal as instruments, Bargeld, Unruh and F.M. Einheit as a trio, out on ZickZack. There’s even a Gainsbourg cover hiding in there (“Jet’m”).

For people who love them, was it this one that got you, or a later record? And what would you hand someone hearing them for the first time?

Really cool french post punk with high energy, echoing the struggles going on in France theses days.