Music I Like – Dark Moods

Before I ever heard heavy metal, I was drawn to the darkest, moodiest things I heard on Top 40 radio. In the 80s, that meant the odd Peter Murphy or Cure single. But in the age of the internet, I can find entire genres. I’ve mostly outgrown depressive pop, but some days, especially in the fall, you just want dark without the heavy. Darkwave, Goth, or whatever you call it, sometimes you just want to listen to something dark, romantic, and moody.

Fee Lion

Blood Sisters by Fee Lion definitely fits that rainy day-too much coffee vibe and they prove it’s possible to be spooky and danceable at the same time.

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Jakuzi

Turkey has a lot to be depressed about these days, but that’s not the inspiration for Hata Payı (meaning literally ‘’a part of the mistake”) by Istanbul’s Jakuzi. This is exactly the sound craved by my moody adolescent (and sometimes middle-aged) self.

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Sannhet

It’s only two tracks, but the eleven and a half minutes of Short Life leave me longing for more Sannhet. And would you look at that cover?

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Life on Venus

Thanks to a Bandcamp Daily post, I recently discovered that I like Russian shoegaze. “Hovering in the middle ground between shoegaze and goth” is Life on Venus. Their latest album, Departure, is just dark enough, with a veil of nostalgia perfect for cloudy fall days.

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OGRE

Of all the post categories on the Bandcamp Daily, I think the one that feeds me the most new music is Bandcamp Navigator’s tag-hopping. I’m beginning to suspect that they listen to a lot of bands for each tag they select, because the choices are too good. One of these unexpected discoveries was the electronic OGRE, whose #DungeonsandDragons tagged I: Lords of the Black Citadel was the third band I liked in the journey from Southern Gospel to Wizard Disco. Black citadel certainly does sound like the soundtrack to a spooky dungeon adventure. Which is a mood I have, sometimes.