VARIOUS ARTISTS
No Songs Tomorrow - Darkwave, Ethereal Rock
And Coldwave 1981-1990
4CD BOX SET
4CD BOX SET
4CD CLAMSHELL BOX
CRCD4BOX171
5013929117198
£19.99
GOTHIC/COLDWAVE/POST PUNK
31ST MAY 2024
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FEATURING
THE CURE, DEAD CAN DANCE, CLAN OF XYMOX, COCTEAU TWINS, SOFT
CELL, TONES ON TAIL, IN THE NURSERY, ATTRITION, IRON CURTAIN, ALIEN SEX FIEND,
CRANES, KIRLIAN CAMERA, NEON
AND MANY MORE.
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4CD SET EXPLORING THE 1980s’ DARKWAVE/COLDWAVE SCENE THROUGHOUT THE UK,
EUROPE ANDTHE UNITED STATES
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A BROAD CHURCH TAKING IN ELECTRONICS, DARK AMBIENT, NEO-CLASSICAL NEW WAVE,
GOTHIC SOUNDSCAPES AND COLD DREAM POP.
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CURATED BY THE TEAM WHO BROUGHT YOU ‘CHERRY STARS COLLIDE’, ‘SILHOUETTES AND
STATUES’ AND ‘STILL IN A DREAM’.
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SLEEVENOTES COURTESY OF
FRANK DESERTO
.
As the post-punk dust began to settle, a particular strand of artist began applying a
knowingly distant, colder aesthetic to their work. While much of the scene began to be
dominated by bigger budget, commercially minded former punk and new wave acts, a
darker undercurrent did survive, often more interesting, more dangerous and sexier than
anything that could be heard on
Top Of The Pops
at the time. The first generation of the
darkwave movement consisted of bands that were equally influenced by the fractured
drama of
Depeche Mode, Siouxsie & the Banshees
and The Cure as they were by the art
damaged experimentation of
Cabaret Voltaire, Wire
and
Throbbing Gristle
, always rich in
Gothic spirt, societal displacement, urban isolation and sexual energy.
‘No Songs Tomorrow’ collects together the true progenitors and risk takers of this Venn
diagram scene, each of whom set forth in uncharted territory in the post-punk minefield,
expressing parts of themselves others dare not in the truest and darkest of fashions. From
familiar names to underground gems and collectables, and painting with a broad
international palette, this might be considered a companion piece to several of our
previous offerings, ‘Silhouettes And Statues’, ‘Close to The Noise Floor’, ‘Still In A Dream’
and ‘Cherry Stars Collide’ among them. We recommend late night listening, either home
alone or dripping with sweat on a rotting dancefloor.
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