The Tokyo Noir collection dials up the drama with dark moods, industrial textures, and enough post-punk influence to make your closet start humming Joy Division tracks on its own.
The Psychedelic Furs have influenced the post-punk landscape for four decades, blending rawness and romanticism with hits such as "Love My Way" and "Pretty In Pink."
Lawrence, who goes by his first name only, is depicted as a pallid eccentric passing time in London, living on liquorice and milky tea, and fearful of cheese.
From the very beginning of their relationship, core band members Erica Miller and Jessie Odell had plans to create music together. "Jessie and I have known each other since middle school... We talked about moving to Portland to start a band."
Midway through their ambitious 2021 debut, For the First Time, Black Country, New Road jokingly called themselves "the world's second-best Slint tribute act." Between frontman Isaac Wood's agitated sprechgesang and the group's queasy, off-center grooves, the self-inflicted burn made sense-and could have applied to a whole wave of nervy, British post-punk upstarts who talked more than they sang and attracted critical adoration around the turn of the decade.
