Check out the best post-punk, darkwave, goth rock, deathrock, and other cool alternative tracks we found from June 12th to 18th, 2022. Did I miss anything? Leave a comment so I can check things out for the list!
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Skeletal Family - My Own Redemption (music video / single)
One of the original legendary UK goth rock /post-punk bands, Skeletal Family were initially active for four years during the early formation of goth from 1982 to 1986. Their debut album “Burning Oil” was released on Red Rhino Records , mastered for vinyl by George “Porky” Peckham who also worked on the catalogues of The Beatles and Genesis, and it reached #1 on the UK Indie charts in 1984. Following the release of their second album “Futile Combat” (which features the single Promised Land) n 1985, vocalist Anne-Marie Hurst left Skeletal Family and the band went on hiatus from 1986 until 2002 when shortly after Hurst left again due to family commitments, and the band replaced her with vocalist Claire Bannister. During this time, they performed at Wave-Gotik-Treffen three times and released another two albums. They disbanded in 2009, reforming again with Hurst in 2012. In 2018, Hurst once again left Skeletal Family and was replaced in the live line-up by vocalist Hannah Small and left during the COVID-19 pandemic. Constant throughout the line-up changes has been Roger “Trottwood” Nowell (Bass) and Stan Greenwood (guitars). Anneka Latta, of Exoteric, was recruited as the vocalist in February 2022 and has recorded vocals on 15 tracks for the upcoming sixth Skeletal Family album scheduled for release summer 2022.
My Own Redemption , the first single for the upcoming album, was released June 1st, 2022 and followed up with a music video June 18th. The track is a bit of an unexpected change from the highlights of their discography, but not an unwelcome one. And not one that breaks with their roots. Writing and arrangement feel more comfortably deliberate. Greenwood’s guitars provide subtle, shifting atmospheric elements throughout, winding around the piano synth and persistent bass line. Latta’s smooth, strong soprano is well balanced with the measured resoluteness of the lyric themes of steadfastness and overcoming.