Goth is often thought of as a youth interest. It's something that many young people grow up with. Don't you think it makes more sense for people to grow up like that when our bodies stiffen, our loved ones leave, and the troubled grave draws closer and closer?
In addition to the pressing issue of mortality, as we grow older it becomes harder to understand the rapid changes happening around us, which can exacerbate feelings of loneliness. As the 2000s approached, comedy writer Douglas Adams sought to downplay fears about the Internet by explaining the relationship between humans and all new technologies. Anything that is invented between then and the time he turns 30 is incredibly exciting and creative, and if he's lucky, he can make a career out of it. Anything invented after the age of 30 goes against the natural order of things and is the beginning of the end. Civilization as we know it…
That was easy for him to say in 1999. Before some suckers in horn hats stormed buildings in the name of QAnon. Before Kanye West, who has never read a book, started putting stockings on her head and claiming he knew exactly what Adolf Hitler was about. Before the opportunistic whispers, former reality TV bombshells and private school dropouts made a name for themselves (and got clicked by their patrons) by making increasingly incendiary statements, making society a popular choice. It served to undermine humanity's empathy for the less fortunate. Previously, the public and politicians valued influence more than expertise. Before entire trains were subject to the disjointed assault of one person's TikTok feed as earphone etiquette became extinct. Before all that shit Jon Ronson covered on his podcast, I was going to catch up when I wasn't distracted scrolling through a timeline full of ferocious, violent intransigence.
But at least we made this great record out of it. This album explores our dependence on technology and the effects of its algorithms through vulnerable riffs, moody synth work, and baritone desperation.
Kawar's second album retains some of the scribbled noisescapes and post-punk elements of her 2020 debut. boy. It also sounds a lot more massive, sometimes even arena-appropriate. That's unlikely, given that Kawar isn't backed by Sony or run by Peter Mensch. desolation of heaven Only a few hundred copies have been pressed. Reaching the heights of this greasy pole, rich in partnerships with $90 hoodies and Bacardi Breathers, also means pouring full commitment into just one project with these specific goals in mind. Masu. The Catholic preferences of these people will never be satisfied with such a narrow focus. Wayne Adams alone is a member of around 50% of the underground bands currently in existence in the UK. The other half is produced at Bear Bites Horse studio.
The band is essentially a super trio, even if it's not made up of big names like Cream, Them Crooked Vultures, or The Three Tenors. It may depend on your family and way of thinking. Members include Gareth Thomas (USA Nails / Silent Front), Thomas Lacey (Yards / The Ghost Of A Thousand) and the apparently inexhaustible Adams (Petbrick / Death Pedals / Big Lad / JAAW / etc.).
While recording this album, Cowher realized that they were “goths through and through.” Thomas further explains: “Maybe we don't have to mention who we're stealing from, because our influence is a little more visible in this work.” Well, there's no need to mention who we're stealing from. This is different from actually improving it. Or at least doing a better job than the original source at plagiarizing its own early innovations later on, when originality has long been a trusted formula.
To put it another way, “Hard-Coded In The Souls Of Men,” “Deathless And Free,” and “Aging Stallions” are three of the best songs Depeche Mode never wrote.Yes, last year memento mori It was a solid addition to the canon, and was warmly received as such. Expectations weren't the highest for the band celebrating their 40th anniversary, and there was a lot of goodwill given that the founding members had been reduced to two due to the sudden death of Andy Fletcher.I don't want to dwell on that sad fact too much, but it's hard to hear desolation of heaven You can't imagine how exhilarating it would be for Depeche Mode (or Gary Numan, Killing Joke, Soft Cell…) to release an album as powerful as this one.
As if to emphasize the shift towards relative accessibility, the album opens with a piano ballad, which at first impression sounds sad, especially since it's titled “We Need To Have The Talk.” It may seem like a breakup song. The thing that stood out to me the most when I first heard it was the theatrical delivery of “That damn wizard needs an acid bath” in the middle of the song, which was a nod to Fleetwood Mac's “Go Your・It suggests that a different perspective is provided than “Own Way”.
The song still seems to be about breaking up with a lover, a friend, or the person in the cubicle next to your office. Because they don't fact-check the information they're given, question misleading sources, and don't realize that Ayn Rand ultimately did. She was dependent on the very welfare support she had despised during her dubious career as a writer. Perhaps the song is sung from Billie Piper's point of view, sighing into her ex-husband's dazzled chest over her phone.
The heavier songs have the dark heartbeat of Nine Inch Nails, back when Trent Reznor's heart was still there. But its lyrics are more sophisticated than those sung by certain artists that Cowher pays homage to. I had a very youthful interest in Nine Inch Nails in particular. downward spiral (Lust! Firearms! The Manson Family! Pigs! Self-loathing as a humble brag selling platinum!) And its extension was made in Roger Waters-ism, whose fame is shallow. Fragile. What followed followed what Trent has been claiming ever since. George W. Bush? Trump? global warming? To be honest, I didn't really listen to it.
In addition to the uncertain technological situation we find ourselves in; desolation of heaven It's also about getting older. When it comes to kitchen sink tales of existential horror, 'Hard-Coded In The Souls Of Men' is one of the darkest ever recorded. Thanks to the vivid and harrowing descriptions in the verses, combined with the irresistibly infectious chorus, this song will haunt you from the first time you hear it.
Kaur expertly timed this change of direction into Gostalgia. At least three of his books on the subject, by Cathy Unsworth, Lol Tolhurst and John Robb, were published last year and widely reviewed. Fashion designers also embraced Wednesday Addams' look for the first time in a while.of beetle juice With the sequel scheduled for release this September, creepy horror movies are more popular than ever.
With all the memoirs, sequels, and spin-offs being published, Goth is starting to feel a little long. Fortunately, desolation of heaven A gothic record for adults.
