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Released today 35 years ago:

🇬🇧 Siouxsie and the Banshees "Kiss Them for Me" – 1991

Built on layered percussion, shimmering textures, and exotic melodic flourishes, the song marked one of the band’s most accessible and commercially successful moments. Siouxsie Sioux delivers a sensual and controlled vocal performance, floating above the dense, atmospheric arrangement...

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Released today 35 years ago:

🇬🇧 Siouxsie and the Banshees "Kiss Them for Me" – 1991

Built on layered percussion, shimmering textures, and exotic melodic flourishes, the song marked one of the band’s most accessible and commercially successful moments. Siouxsie Sioux delivers a sensual and controlled vocal performance, floating above the dense, atmospheric arrangement...

#siouxsieandthebanshees #alternativerock #dreampop #artrock #vinyl #music #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening

Released today 35 years ago:

🇬🇧 Siouxsie and the Banshees "Kiss Them for Me" – 1991

Built on layered percussion, shimmering textures, and exotic melodic flourishes, the song marked one of the band’s most accessible and commercially successful moments. Siouxsie Sioux delivers a sensual and controlled vocal performance, floating above the dense, atmospheric arrangement...

#siouxsieandthebanshees #alternativerock #dreampop #artrock #vinyl #music #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening

Released today 35 years ago:

🇬🇧 Siouxsie and the Banshees "Kiss Them for Me" – 1991

Built on layered percussion, shimmering textures, and exotic melodic flourishes, the song marked one of the band’s most accessible and commercially successful moments. Siouxsie Sioux delivers a sensual and controlled vocal performance, floating above the dense, atmospheric arrangement...

#siouxsieandthebanshees #alternativerock #dreampop #artrock #vinyl #music #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening

Released today 35 years ago:

🇬🇧 Siouxsie and the Banshees "Kiss Them for Me" – 1991

Built on layered percussion, shimmering textures, and exotic melodic flourishes, the song marked one of the band’s most accessible and commercially successful moments. Siouxsie Sioux delivers a sensual and controlled vocal performance, floating above the dense, atmospheric arrangement...

#siouxsieandthebanshees #alternativerock #dreampop #artrock #vinyl #music #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening

Happy Birthday Marco Pirroni (1959)

Ein Geburtstag, viele Geschichten. Ich liebs. Heute, am 27. April, feiert Marco Pirroni seinen 67. Geburtstag. Der Name wird vielen nichts sagen, aber dafür habt ihr mich ja. Ich hatte heute schon die Kurzfassung im Fediverse gepostet, hier kommt die Long Story.

Marco Pirroni war der erste Gitarrist von Siouxsie And The Banshees, allerdings nur bei ihrem ersten spontanen Auftritt am 20.09.1976 im „100 Club“ in London. Dort veranstaltete Malcolm McLaren, der Manager der Sex Pistols, das zweitägige „100 Club Punk Special“ u. a. mit den Bands The Clash, Sex Pistols, The Damned und Buzzcocks. Siouxsie And The Banshees performten dort eine 20-minütige Improvisation von „The Lord’s Prayer“ und wollten sich danach auch gleich wieder auflösen, wurden aber für weitere Auftritte angefragt. Also machten Sioux und Severin mit anderen Musikern weiter, der Rest dieses Handlungsstrangs ist Geschichte.

Über den kurzen Rest vom Leben von Sid Vicious wurden Filme gedreht. Er stieg 1977 als Bassist bei den Sex Pistols ein, obwohl er gar nicht spielen konnte. Er wurde aufgrund seiner Punk-Attitüde verpflichtet. Der Legende nach hat sogar Lemmy Kilmister vergeblich versucht, Sid das Bassspielen beizubringen. 1978 wurde seine Freundin Nancy Spungen erstochen in einem Hotelzimmer gefunden. Der unter Drogen stehende Sid war auch im Zimmer und wurde wegen Mordverdacht festgenommen. Anfang 1979 kam er auf Kaution frei und starb während der Party zur Feier seiner Freilassung an einer Überdosis Heroin. Während des Gefängnisaufenthalts war er clean gewesen. So kam es nie zur endgültigen Aufklärung des Todes von Nancy Spungen.

Kommen wir nun zurück zum Geburtstagskind Marco Pirroni. Nach dem Auftritt mit Siouxsie And The Banshees gründete er die kurzlebigen Punk-Bands The Models und Rema-Rema, bevor er sich 1980 Adam And The Ants anschloss. Da war gerade die gesamte Besetzung ausgetauscht worden, weil Malcom McLaren die Musiker von Adam Ant die Band Bow Wow Wow gründen ließ. Marco Pirroni wurde Lead-Gitarrist und Co-Songschreiber der neuformierten Adam And The Ants, mit denen der Durchbruch gelang. Das Album „Kings Of the Wild Frontier“ erreichte Platz 1 in den britischen Albumcharts und weitere Top10-Plazierungen weltweit. In Deutschland reichte es immerhin für Rang 11. Das Nachfolge-Album „Prince Charming“ erreichte „nur noch“ Platz 2 in Großbritannien, dafür kamen die Singles „Stand & Deliver“ und „Prince Charming“ dort auf Platz 1 der Single-Charts.

1982 kam es zu einem weiteren Bruch, als Adam Ant die Band auflöste und unter eigenem Namen weitermachte. Die ehemaligen Ants Marco Pirroni und Schlagzeuger Chris Hughes, der übrigens am Tears For Fears-Klassiker „Everybody Wants To Rule The World (1985) mitgeschrieben hat. Ant und Pirroni veröffentlichten bis 1995 sechs Alben, am letzten Album aus dem Jahr 2013 arbeitete Pirroni nicht mehr mit.

Pirroni schrieb Songs für Boy George auf dessen Album „Sold“ (1987) und spielte Gitarre für Sinéad O’Connor auf ihren Alben „The Lion And The Cobra“ (1987), „I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got“ (1990), „Universal Mother“ (1994) und „How About I Be Me (and You Be You)?“ (2012). Bei einigen Songs von Sinéad O’Connor war er ebenfalls am Songwriting beteiligt. Für seine eigene Band The Wolfmen, die er 2005 mit dem Bassisten Chris Constantinou (ebenfalls ehemaliges Bandmitglied von Adam Ant) gründete, schrieben er und Constantinou den Song „Do the Ostrich“ mit dem legendären Lou Reed (The Velvet Underground). The Wolfmen veröffentlichten die Alben „Modernity Killed Every Night“ (2008) und „Married To The Eiffel Tower“ (2011).

Marco Pirroni ist eher ein stiller Typ in der Musikszene, dazu passt auch, dass er seit Mitte der 1982 keine Liveauftritte mehr machte, sondern nur noch als Studiogitarrist und Songwriter tätig war.

Happy Birthday Marco Pirroni.

-Polaroid Instant 30-
Late 1970s to 1980s

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I was invited to an '80s party over the weekend. Of course, I didn't go without my vintage camera!

The theme was: Dress up as a '80s musician or a movie character.
I went as Siouxsie Sioux.

Listen to „Red Light“ by Siouxsie & The Banshees

https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=Pzlvp8a4MJYpr0VD&v=m1W0bm_MbyU&feature=youtu.be

#photography #polaroid #instantpicture
#vintagecameras #80s #MusicWomenWednesday #punk
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow

Siouxsie and the Banshees:
🎵 Cities in Dust

#SiouxsieandtheBanshees

https://djcesardecastro.bandcamp.com/track/siouxsie-and-the-banshees-cities-in-dust-cesar-de-castro-remix-2025

https://open.spotify.com/track/2xq9cLlOPyLoi8kLlR4miz

On 21 April 1986 Siouxsie and the Banshees' seventh album Tinderbox was released.

With a new focus on synth rather than the prominent guitar sound, after Robert Smith left the band, they once again forged a sound totally of their own, without ever giving a sense of commercial compromise.

Cementing their status as one of the most consistently rewarding and influential bands of the genre.

04. Cities in Dust

#SiouxsieAndTheBanshees #PostPunk #GothRock

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NickGrimshaw

Siouxsie and the Banshees:
🎵 Kiss Them For Me

#SiouxsieandtheBanshees

https://theartsmixofc.bandcamp.com/track/siouxsie-the-banshees-kiss-them-for-me-the-art-mix-edit-kzp

https://open.spotify.com/track/3rW0ATGLT6kOUtfsIKygyI

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Siouxsie and the Banshees:
🎵 Helter Skelter

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https://open.spotify.com/track/1fxqGusoFnaRoFRmf9bSsS

Tonight’s earworm: Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsOH... #earworm #goth #PostPunk #SiouxsieAndTheBanshees

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Ci...

🇬🇧 Siouxsie and the Banshees "The Thorn" – 1984

Several earlier songs are reshaped with dark, dramatic string arrangements that heightens the gothic atmosphere and emotional intensity. Siouxsie Sioux’s voice sits prominently within the arrangements, moving between restraint and theatrical power...

#siouxsieandthebanshees #gothicrock #alternativerock #orchestralpop #vinylcommunity #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening

🇬🇧 Siouxsie and the Banshees "The Thorn" – 1984

Several earlier songs are reshaped with dark, dramatic string arrangements that heightens the gothic atmosphere and emotional intensity. Siouxsie Sioux’s voice sits prominently within the arrangements, moving between restraint and theatrical power...

#siouxsieandthebanshees #gothicrock #alternativerock #orchestralpop #vinylcommunity #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening

🇬🇧 Siouxsie and the Banshees "The Thorn" – 1984

Several earlier songs are reshaped with dark, dramatic string arrangements that heightens the gothic atmosphere and emotional intensity. Siouxsie Sioux’s voice sits prominently within the arrangements, moving between restraint and theatrical power...

#siouxsieandthebanshees #gothicrock #alternativerock #orchestralpop #vinylcommunity #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening

🇬🇧 Siouxsie and the Banshees "The Thorn" – 1984

Several earlier songs are reshaped with dark, dramatic string arrangements that heightens the gothic atmosphere and emotional intensity. Siouxsie Sioux’s voice sits prominently within the arrangements, moving between restraint and theatrical power...

#siouxsieandthebanshees #gothicrock #alternativerock #orchestralpop #vinylcommunity #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening

🇬🇧 Siouxsie and the Banshees "The Thorn" – 1984

Several earlier songs are reshaped with dark, dramatic string arrangements that heightens the gothic atmosphere and emotional intensity. Siouxsie Sioux’s voice sits prominently within the arrangements, moving between restraint and theatrical power...

#siouxsieandthebanshees #gothicrock #alternativerock #orchestralpop #vinylcommunity #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening

#siouxsieandthebanshees

Mon nom vient de mon enfance et de mon attraction pour le cinéma des cowboys et Indiens.

#goth #postpunk #punk #newwave #rock #music #alternative #UK #socialmedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsOHvP1XnRg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeZ0GIfiI0E&list=PLrBVTunBaGMattR6pWbJ2RbU-Q21p0CCj&index=1

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtt_0OKzRek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjvvK-Rj0WI

🇬🇧 Siouxsie and the Banshees "A Kiss in the Dreamhouse" – 1982

Expands beyond stark minimalism into ornate arrangements with studio textures that feel almost psychedelic. Siouxsie’s vocals glide between sensuality and mystique, anchoring songs that are both atmospheric and melodically rich...

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@CosmickTrigger, #KleeBenally covering #SiouxsieAndTheBanshees! (Note the lyrics changes.)

#GenerationJones represented!

Cry

"Cry for the bird with broken wings
Cry for the world that will not spin
Cry for the loss of innocence
Cry for a love, turned loveless

Sometimes I think of you
Sometimes I think of you
Sometimes I think of you
When I'm alone, alone

Oh, cry, oh, cry
Oh, cry, cry, cry

Nothing will ever be the same
All is ruined and put to shame
Tears and stars are one and the same
When I look up through my focused lens

But sometimes I think of you
Sometimes I think of you
Sometimes I think of you
When I'm alone, alone

Oh, cry, oh cry
Tears and stars collide, confide then die
Deep inside, tears run dry
But I cry and cry and cry

Tiger skins and elephant tusks
In guilted mountains seep disgust
I look at you and I want to speak
For once in a while, be a man and weep

'Cause all the dolphins and whales have gone
All good tidings and hopes have blown
All our nightmares are flying home
And it's too late to do anything

But cry, oh, cry
Tears and stars collide, confide then die
Deep inside, tears run dry
But I cry, cry and cry

Oh, cry
Oh, cry
Cry, cry, cry."

#SiouxsieAndTheBanshees, 1991.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRpK73oQM_c

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Siouxsie and the Banshees:
🎵 Spellbound

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https://margotday.bandcamp.com/track/spellbound-siouxsie-and-the-banshees-cover

https://open.spotify.com/track/193bm1RUDDOF0cnLJHJ93V

Recorded #OnThisDay 45 years ago:

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peel Session 1981

The complete session recorded by Siouxsie and the Banshees on 10 February 1981 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on the 18th of that month.

Tracklist:

1. Halloween (0:07)
2. Voodoo Dolly (3:49)
3. But Not Them (10:28)
4. Into The Light (14:04)

https://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2014/10/siouxsie-and-banshees-peel-session-1981.html

#SiouxsieAndTheBanshees #PeelSessions #OTD

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DiscogsDienstag: Siouxsie And The Banshees – Twice Upon A Time – The Singles

Die britische Band Siouxsie And The Banshees gehören zweifellos zur Speerspitze des Gothic-Genres. Frontfrau Siouxsie Sioux, bürgerlich Susan Janet Ballion, ist zudem mit ihrem Style ein Vorbild für viele weibliche Gothics und das bis heute. Ihre Wurzeln hatte sie in der Punk-Bewegung, sie gehörte zu einer Gruppe von Fans der Band Sex Pistols. Dazu gehörten unter anderen auch der spätere Bassist der Banshees, Steve Severin und Billy Idol. Zur ersten Besetzung der Band gehörte Sid Vicious, der hier Schlagzeug spielte bevor er Bassist bei den Sex Pistols wurde. Anders als andere Band bekamen Siouxsie And The Banshees gleich einen Plattenvertrag bei einem Major-Label, Polydor. Dort erschien 1981 die erste Singles-Collection namens „Once Upon A Time„, zu deutsch „Es war einmal“ mit den Singles der Jahre 1978 bis 1981. Elf Jahre folgte die Fortsetzung und dem Titel „Twice Upon A Time“, also zu deutsch „Es war zweimal“. Ich finde dieses Wortspiel grandios.

Nun, „Twice Upon A Time“ erschien also 1992 mit den Singles des Jahre 1982 bis 1992 und reicht von „Fireworks“ bis „Face To Face“ aus dem Film „Batman Returns“. Auch enthalten sind die Cover-Versionen „Dear Prudence“ (The Beatles), „This Wheel’s On Fire“ (Bob Dylan) und „The Passenger“ (Iggy Pop). Und natürlich auch die Hits „Cities In Dust“ und Candyman“ vom 1986er Album „Tinderbox“. Leider fehlt der wunderschöne „Song From The Edge Of The World“, der wie „Fireworks“ und „Dear Prudence“ auf keinem Album enthalten ist. Erst 2014 tauchte der Song auf einer Neuauflage der CD „Through The Looking Glass“, auf der sonst nur Coverversionen enthalten sind, als Bonustrack auf.

Ansonsten ist „Twice Upon A Time“ eine sehr schöne Compilation, die die Entwicklung der Band vom Post-Punk über Gothic-Rock zum Alternative Rock. Von 1982 bis 1984 begleitete Robert Smith (The Cure) die Band an der Gitarre, auf diesem Album ist er bei „Dear Prudence“, „Swimming Horses“ und „Dazzle“ zu hören. Er war einer von fünf Gitarristen, die Siouxsie And The Banshees verschlissen haben.

David Bowie’s fingerprints were all over the ’70s and the first wave of UK punk was no exception

https://tangleofwires.substack.com/p/bringing-raw-power-to-the-diamond

#DavidBowie #punk #music #SexPistols #TheClash #TheCure #JoyDivision #BillyIdol #SiouxsieAndTheBanshees #TheDamned #TheJam #IggyPop #TheVelvetUnderground

48 years ago today
Siouxsie and the Banshees at the Nashville Rooms, London, on 7 January 1978.

Photograph: Ray Stevenson

#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #gothpunkrock #postpunk #siouxsieandthebanshees #history #punkrockhistory #otd

"His fuel is our frustration
And dreams begin to ache
And all the while we wear a party smile

And happily we shiver
And happily we shake
Oh shake, shake, shake

We are fireworks - slowly, glowing
Bold and bright

We are fireworks - burning shapes
Into the night

Twist and turn - burn, burn, burn
Twist and turn - burn, baby, burn "

- #Siouxsie&TheBanshees, #Fireworks, 1982

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puK4XrxBJkM

#SiouxsieAndTheBanshees #Siouxsie #80sMusic

Siouxsie and the Banshees, Boston, MA, 1980

Photo © Michael Grecco, from "Days of Punk," a photographic chronicle of the punk rock scene in the United States.

#punk #punks #punkrock #siouxsieandthebanshees #gothpunkrock #history #punkrockhistory

Hoy me he encontrado esta foto perdida en la biblioteca de mi movris. Tomada en junio en Londres: Spring captured, autumn cherished.

#siouxsiesioux #siouxsieandthebanshees #siouxsie #london

45 years ago today
Siouxsie and the Banshees supported by D.O.A at California Hall, San Francisco, November 26, 1980.

Photos by Chester Simpson

#punk #punks #punkrock #gothpunkrock #siouxsiesioux #doa #siouxsieandthebanshees #history #punkrockhistory #otd

You can’t celebrate #Halloween without the Queen of goth rock Siouxsie Sioux and her band The Banshees. “Spellbound” (https://youtu.be/ymZl_7lnCWA?si=vlvsxoc7ZV_Ei2Yn) is from their 1981 album “Juju” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mkoILPgq43uuSFqoU1oJUWtCEYKGlsjys&si=ZDHUSNUy-jN5jPhM)
#RetroView #SiouxsieSioux #SiouxsieAndTheBanshees #goth #HappyHalloween

#EarwormOfTheDay

"Fall from Grace" by Siouxsie and the Banshees. 🖤

https://youtu.be/Fruk6wff6vU?feature=shared

#GothMusic #SiouxsieAndTheBanshees

#GLOW
#Music
#MVX1X2X3

#CitiesInDust
#SiouxsieAndTheBanshees

Released 47 years ago today
"Hong Kong Garden" by English goth punk band Siouxsie and the Banshees

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hong Kong Garden (Live, 1979)

#punk #punks #punkrock #gothpunkrock #womenofpunk #siouxsieandthebanshees #history #punkrockhistory #otd

47 years ago today
"Hong Kong Garden" is a song by English band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released as the band's debut single on this day in 1978.

#punk #punks #punkrock #gothpunkrock #womenofpunk #siouxsieandthebanshees #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Floating – Hesitating Lights Review

By Dear Hollow

Back in ’22, your favorite AMG staffers butted heads and said “yeehaw” in a Rodeö whose scores were disappointing, very good, and everything in between. The band was a little Swedish oddity called Floating, whose collision of sounds compiled a library of post-punk’s sneering rhythms, post-metal’s ponderous hugeness, and doom’s lurching intensity, at heart beating with dissonant death metal blood inspired by Demilich and Ulcerate. I found myself on the more favorable side, a little put off by its inconsistencies and experimental quirks, but ultimately excited to see more, and my wish has been granted in follow-up Hesitating Lights.

While entirely more streamlined, a major difference between its predecessor, The Waves Have Teeth, is the heart that beats within it and the crescendo that it embodies. While it uses much of the same tricks, it feels more like a post-punk band doing death metal, punky blastbeats meeting an unfuckwithable bassline, providing the backbone of each track – a flaying guitar and scattered synth forming the amorphous flesh. A tale of two halves, whose stylistic differences are tasteful in a gradual shift from punky energy to death metal disintegration, Hesitating Lights soars in its carefully orchestrated experimental attack, leaving a bit more to be desired, but remains a step towards the greatness that Floating is clearly capable of.

The first half of Hesitating Lights deals in a post-punk style that is both impressively simple and mind-warping. Bass is the starting point in its rich and warm intensity that undergirds a deathened attack that is allowed to waver into various textures of dissonance and darkness, ethereality and irony. Taking cue from the ambivalent bumbling of acts like Cocteau Twins and Siouxsie and the Banshees, warm bass pairs with cold guitar in a collision that feels simultaneously ominous and energetic, taking cues from Ulcerate in contemplative sprawls and blastbeats (“I Reached the Mew,” “Cough Choir”), while motifs of dissonant stings and chiming tones inject a dose of morbidity apt to the descriptor “deathpunk” (“Grave Dog,” “Exit Bag Song”). The first half feels like a carefully curated experiment in punk percussion and bass and death metal melodics and vocals. The result is unique and atmospheric – a bit that feels too safe periodically, but its careful composition shows Floating’s songwriting prowess.

It’s only after the first act that Floating begins to fly off the rails in tasteful death metal dominance. Centerpiece of “Hesitating Lights / Harmless Fires” is a tour-de-force of the more synth-driven experimental tendencies, a patient sprawl that refuses easy categorization into either territory. A nearly post-metal crescendo anchored exclusively by the rumbling bass guitar descends into a noise rock climax not unlike Gilla Band or Lightning Bolt. Beyond that, tracks begin to utilize a cascading riff technique in which guitar rhythms fall apart incrementally across repeated iterations, leading to tasteful slivers of melody and ominous buildups (“Still Dark Enough,” “The Waking”), while doom makes a dirging appearance in the most pitch-black moment of the album (“The Wrong Body”). But even aside from more experimental flair, each track in the second half features a kickass riff that gets the head bobbing and anchors the track in some semblance of reality.

I felt like The Waves Have Teeth was a carpet bomb of ideas with glimpses of its deathpunk actualization shining through. Hesitating Lights feels like a much more fleshed-out beast, with the real teeth to speak of. The shifts between the more post-punk- and death metal-oriented halves can feel jarring, and perhaps that gradual descent into the abyss can be accomplished with a bit more finesse, but it shows the duo’s amorphous quality in a fantastic display for a young band. Ominous death metal atmosphere and rebellious punk energy are harnessed with a kickass bass performance and a shapeshifting percussion in a tidy thirty-six minutes, and it’s infectious. While certainly not the opus magnum Floating is capable of, you should have no hesitation in picking up Hesitating Lights.

Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Transcending Obscurity Records
Websites: floating-label.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/floatingdeathmetal
Releases Worldwide: July 11th, 2025

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"Playground twist" - Siouxsie and the Banshees

Very new wave. And a weird choice to open the show, haunting and gloomy.

The stick figures are from the single's cover artwork.

Blimey! The rest of the show has a high bar to beat this.

#TOTP #Siouxsie #SiouxsieAndTheBanshees

44 years ago today
Juju is the fourth studio album by the English gothic punk rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released on this date in 1981 and includes the singles "Spellbound" and "Arabian Knights".

#punks #punkrock #siouxsieandthebanshees #gothpunkrock #juju #history #punkrockhistory #otd

The Ghost In You

"You awoke in a burning paperhouse
From the infinite fields of dreamless sleep
You return to Tiananmen
An eyewitness in a shroud

To see them fall
Feel them yield
Relieving the terror
Of the crowd

Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow
Just for a moment, I seemed to know
Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow
I seemed to know the ghost in you

The whisper of your scream sighed through the air
And faith, the flag is torn and frayed
Inferno heat, glory in flame
Love was beaten and betrayed

In every step
I hear your sobbing
Dare I break the shade
With one caress?

Dare I trespass to lift the veil
To touch the lips so soft and frail?
Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow
I seemed to know the ghost in you

Your captive heart
The belief you share
With a kiss eternal
Spirits of the square

Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow
Hope remains with the ghost in you
Hold the whirlwind, don't let it blow
I seemed to know the ghost in you

Don't let it blow
The ghost in you
The ghost in you"

- #SiouxsieAndTheBanshees, 1993

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etutVZoOHts

#RememberTianamen #TianamenMassacre #TianamenSquare #Authoritarianism #AuthoritarianRule

Of course I had to play my theme song -- #CitiesInDust by #SiouxsieAndTheBanshees (when I had regular gigs at the Goth club, folks would just expect me to play it -- and it *is* one of my favorite #SATB songs off my favorite SATB album - #Tinderbox).

"Water was running, children were running
You were running out of time
Under the mountain, a golden fountain
Were you praying at the Lares' shrine?
But oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
But oh, your city lies in dust, my friend..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=wsOHvP1XnRg

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🔴 Iiiiit's retro time! Join me for 80s/90s postpunk, new wave, EBM, and alternative. Today feat. extra Canada + lots love. See you soon! 🖤🖤🖤 --> https://twitch.tv/maerchen1313

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🔴 Iiiiit's retro time! Join me for 80s/90s postpunk, new wave, EBM, and alternative. Today feat. extra Canada + lots love. See you soon! 🖤🖤🖤 --> https://twitch.tv/maerchen1313

#music #radio #anime #art #digitalart #retro #retrogaming #skinnypuppy #newwave #goth #marthaandthemuffins #Eldenwood #radio #musicstreaming #DJstreamer #virtualreality #VR #Twitch #Canada #dance #FFXIV #ff14 #Vtuber #ENVtuber #VRChat #secondlife #VRC #postpunk #punk #metalmusic #thecureband #siouxsieandthebanshees

🔴 Iiiiit's retro time! Join me for 80s/90s postpunk, new wave, EBM, and alternative. Today feat. extra Canada + lots love. See you soon! 🖤🖤🖤 --> https://twitch.tv/maerchen1313

#music #radio #anime #art #digitalart #retro #retrogaming #skinnypuppy #newwave #goth #marthaandthemuffins #Eldenwood #radio #musicstreaming #DJstreamer #virtualreality #VR #Twitch #Canada #dance #FFXIV #ff14 #Vtuber #ENVtuber #VRChat #secondlife #VRC #postpunk #punk #metalmusic #thecureband #siouxsieandthebanshees

🔴 Iiiiit's retro time! Join me for 80s/90s postpunk, new wave, EBM, and alternative. Today feat. extra Canada + lots love. See you soon! 🖤🖤🖤 --> https://twitch.tv/maerchen1313

#music #radio #anime #art #digitalart #retro #retrogaming #skinnypuppy #newwave #goth #marthaandthemuffins #Eldenwood #radio #musicstreaming #DJstreamer #virtualreality #VR #Twitch #Canada #dance #FFXIV #ff14 #Vtuber #ENVtuber #VRChat #secondlife #VRC #postpunk #punk #metalmusic #thecureband #siouxsieandthebanshees