Gothic Rock

Album review – Seasurfer’s Zombies is an electrifying dream pop blast in a gothic cloak
Hamburg duo Seasurfer have released an extraordinary double album called ‘Zombies’, packed full of stupendous anthemic dream pop songs that are differentiated from the pack by an electronic spine and dark-tinged gothic attack. Singer Apolonia’s voice is absolutely ethereal and angelic – creating a tension between her dulcet, soaring, velvet tones and the electronic thrumming …

Track: Astari Nite anticipate new album with single ‘All Else Is A Curse’
The deeply satisfying gothic rock tones of Astari Nite provide a thoroughly cathartic and celestial sonic power, with singer Mychael’s deeply mellifluous deep and sombre tones providing a fitting icing to the cake. After the success of their album ‘Here Lies’, Astari Nite have returned to the fray with a new single, ‘All Else Is …

Track: Tyburn Blossom – Counterpoint
Amid all the chaos and confusion of our current public health meltdown and the equally frightening economic fallout being caused by it, it feels apt to recall the pre-Glasnost, pre-Gorbachev early 1980s, a time when the Cold War was at its hottest and the public were understandably terrified. Enter Tyburn Blossom, a rising star on …

Say Psych: Live Review: Peter Murphy & David J Celebrate 40 years of Bauhaus with Desert Mountain Tribe @ O2 Ritz, Manchester
When Peter Murphy announced that he was planning a tour to celebrate 40 years of Bauhaus with David J, as well as a vinyl release of The Bela Session, post punk fans Europe wide gave a collective cheer. With many new fans being too young to see Bauhaus live, this is the next best thing …

Say Psych: News: Bauhaus to release The Bela Session
Leaving Records, in partnership with Stones Throw Records have announced that they will release The Bela Session by Bauhaus on 23rd November on vinyl and digital platforms. The Bela Session captures the first time Bauhaus recorded together, just six weeks after forming as a band, on 26th January 1979. This is the first release of …