Teen Gothic

I love Fields of the Nephilim so much. Their music is like magic to me; it's basically mysticism in misical form. When I listen to them, I feel something very ancient being awakened; Still, their music seems timeless to me.

I don’t know where to start but I honestly love the cure and what their music does to me. I feel like the cure’s songs are made to hit you and resonate with you on a personal level the lyrics in songs such as cold and disintegration are so heart wrenching the way Robert uses his vocals in different ways is genius and honestly I truly think they purposely wrote there songs the way they did to make you feel like they were made personally for you as the songs become so relatable as you dive deep into the lyrics.

Tracks like Mouse, Double Negative and Eternal Love deserve people's attention I think. It's more musically advanced than lots of other goth and darkwave music I hear. They use lots of borrowed chords like The Frozen Autumn. So their chord progressions have a myriad of dark counterpoint curveballs. The stuff that catches you by surprise in a good way. They have fun with time too. Tracks like New Violet alternate between 6/4 and 4/4 time. Tracks like Mouse are in 4/4 but use odd numbers when repeating bars. Still remains dance-able regardless. Yet never firmly sounding in the club at any point. So it doesn't feel out of place listening to it at home. Perfect for overcast days.

It hits me in a way and I have seen it do the same to other people I've shown this LP to. This was the release that had their sound clicking for me and put them on my map. Highly recommended!

Me and my wife went to a thrift store today and I geeked out cause I saw reptile house on vinyl. I immediately picked it up to buy it. I showed it to her which she thought was super cool and crazy at what the price was for it. As we continue on we were looking at pins and she found a Bauhaus Pin which she immediately gave to me. Which meant a lot cause we both love Bauhaus and she could’ve gotten it for herself but instead she gave it to me. After checking everything out and getting ready to buy our stuff she takes my record and pin out of my hands and proceeds to buy it for me as a gift. Which made it very heartfelt and meaningful for me. I love her very much and she’s the reason why I know/love so many of these amazing goth bands that mean so much to me now. I just wanted to show everyone what we found and just make an appreciation post for her. I hope everyone else is having an amazing day.