SOTW: Dead Social Club, Stockholm

Their Bandcamp page describes them as them as The Cure meets Depeche Mode. I can see why. But it's no Close To Me, no Personal Jesus. Why not? Because it's entirely its own beast. It's earthy electronica, without twinkle or shine. Instead it's full of rolling drums and the closest a keyboard can get to feedback, covered in eighties warmth and modern power. There's so much cocky certainty that it nearly trips over its own feet, but with every chorus it recovers and reminds you quite why you started listening in the first place.

7/10

Moll