A long flirtation with British post-punk brought me in contact with many a thing. I had promised to share more postpunk on here, but I fear my interest in the genre is fading. Nonetheless, if I was still as fervent a postpunker as I had been just a year ago, these here albums are ones I'd want to share. The Danse Society was one of the first "Gothic Rock" bands. I guess that means they are somewhat "dark" and are associated with those zombie looking people that people call Goths but when I was in High School we called "Wavers." Hard to believe that. Did any other school except my middle school and high school have "wavers"?
I guess this has roots in Bauhaus, but I don't really know much about Bauhaus. I don't really like Bauhaus. (Saying that can still get you killed in Denver.) When I finally went on my punk journey (well into my college years) Joy Division was my dark punk band of choice, and still is.
{The Jesus and Mary Chain, not Bauhaus, Joy Division, nor The Danse Society}
Yet there's some good stuff on these albums. I especially like the opening track on Seduction. Who knows, I might love it again in a few months/years/decades! For an update on the sound, be sure and check out the UK band The Horrors.
Mediafire is weird. The albums are in zip files within a folder called "The Danse Society." If I had my shit together I could probably make it easier for you.
http://www.mediafire.com/?j09f84t93wv6b
Well, here, I give it to you on megaup too for fun.
HERE
Now, if you will excuse me. Back to my Black Sabbath albums.
