Sonsombre is BACK to show us that the future is still black no matter how many dramatically swinging bare bulbs you might have.
Camlann: Dream-Walking into Indonesian Post-Punk
Like the band name itself, the music of Camlann calls back to a time that feels more like myth than fact. The nostalgic interests in early post-punk has created a black and white vignette that those who were there for its founding long for again and those who weren’t even born yet strive to re-create.
Caroline's Book Crypt: Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite
Since its 1992 release this book has been very popular in the goth scene. It’s about vampires, and you know a lot of us are suckers (#SorryNotSorry) for them. Despite the word goth not being used in it, the club kids described are probably goths, and the music we love is referenced a lot. At the time it was also unique / controversial because it’s so graphic. This might have resonated with young goths, but also disgusted some. I read this for the first time recently, so I am not looking at this through rose (or blood) tinted glasses of nostalgia. This book came out two years before I was born after all!
