Description
This is darkness in the right way. What I mean to say is that NOWAVES sound like they exist in a shroud and/or shrouded by smoke—sounds composed in the physical and metaphorical recesses, presentation that struggles to harness a primitive determination. NOWAVES will certainly appeal to goth revivalists with cuts like “Empty Sorrows” that focus on the synth and that ’80s dancefloor swing, but it’s all in the context of a record that mostly lands somewhere between EA80/GRAUZONE and WIPERS. Although the record is not overly layered, I notice something new every time I listen (WARREN ZEVON meets the CURE vibe on the title track, for example), which only encourages me to listen more. – MRR
Tracks
01. December
02. 89/90
03. Dark Side (Of The Moon)
04. Heartbreaker
05. Empty Sorrows
06. No Wave
07. The Wire
08. Good For Health - Bad For Education
09. Hologram
10. Master Of The Universe