Teen Gothic

I'm old!

Teach me please. There's a Spotify playlist they made called "Dark & Gothic" – it's basically a list of my favorite songs in the genre from when I was in my teens-20s (to be sure, they are definitely the "hits" of the genre).

What are some newer bands that echo these classic ones? I'm a big Cure type person but am open to any new stuff. Disintegration is an amazing novel of an album start to finish is where I'm sort of coming from.

Where should I start?

Thanks!!

This might sound like a dumb question but sonically I think goth and post punk music sound similar

Personally for me, I love all of Twin Tribes songs but the one thats always on repeat is Fantasmas and Heart and Feather. What about you? I'm curious!

Sisters of Mercy are touring USA. You'd think this would be a good thing, yes? But noooo, people are complaining because they aren't the band they used to be, use a hell of a lot of smoke machine, Andy can't sing as well as he used to and they play music in a more (pardon the pun) hard rock/Vision Thing style.

Yet there are also people saying yay because they are touring USA and it is an opportunity they will likely never get again. Ironically they have been to Australia 3 times in the past 10 years (once with a music festival, a proper tour in 2019 and again in 2022) where most bands tour USA a lot and never come here.

I saw them twice in 2019 and loved both shows. Then again I like Vision Thing era though my favourite Sisters era would be the pre-album singles/EPs "Some Girls Wander By Mistake" era. And they are a bucket list band for me. That said, I went into it having heard all the people poo pooing them so I wouldn't have been surprised if they were terrible. Hell few bands maintain their prime when they have been around 40 years, especially with numerous line up changes. But even if I thought they were bad it still would have been worth it.

Part of it could also be certain parts of the world are spoiled for choice. So given the high quality they are used to Sisters could very well have been under par. Where here in Adelaide we are more likely to take what we can get because few come here. I compare this to places like Melbourne too where most bands tour thinking an Australian tour is Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and maybe tack on Auckland or Wellington in New Zealand too. Let alone comparing to larger cities that constantly see international acts like London, New York, Los Angeles or Berlin.

So go or do not go. But judge by what you see, what you like and not by what other people say. Make up your own mind if Sisters are worth seeing or not by how big a fan you are and if you can afford it.