Hello dark wave!

The singer of The Ritualists, Christian Dryden,  is an unabashed fan of Duran Duran but that ain’t why we played them! “Musically, I like to think of “Forbidden Love” as the glittery love child of Black Sabbath and Duran Duran,” he says, and well, we hear it – along with the fact that this track would have been right at home in one of the TWILIGHT movies. However, he also commented that the track isn’t about a “Forbidden Love” that’s romantic – it isn’t about a person but music –  ie, he’s asking, “What am I doing, giving up everything, bleeding on stage, for what? What am I taking from this?” Making his career a ‘forbidden love.’

Bloc Party are back! An English band whose music is rooted in rock, but retains elements of other genres such as electronica, house music and a little synth pop, have a great new track. “Acting Out” is part of the deluxe version of their album ALPHA GAMES, which features three previously unheard tracks. The song is a biting takedown of someone who desperately needs to be put in their place across frenetic, powerful post-punk production.

This new single is from UK based husband and wife team Viva Seifert and Mark “Arp” Cleveland who record under the name LUNGE.  It’s definitely in your favour to sound like Kate Bush right now, and she certainly does.

The duo say “Off with their Heads” is “about letting go. Severance from your past world(s) in order to craft a new love raft.”

There is something about their sound that’s so cool but hard to define, which means it’s a really good song.