Post-Punk
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the post-punk music genre.
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Siouxsie and The Banshees – “Hyæna”
Hyæna is probably Siouxsie and the Banshees’s most underrated album. It’s in sort of a rough spot, sandwiched between their best and most fully-realized albums and best general sound, but that’s also why it’s reliably more than meets the eye. It can be tempting to downplay how genuinely adventurous the Banshees were because they had… (read more)
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Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Through the Looking Glass” (1987)
Through the Looking Glass is one of the best albums by Siouxsie & The Banshees. Yeah, it’s a covers album, and those are often mediocre as hell, but this is the exact opposite. These covers are phenomenal and integrate perfectly into the Banshees’s distinctive style, yet there’s still a lot of structural variety on the… (read more)
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Killing Joke – “The Singles Collection 1979-2012” (2013)
‘The Singles Collection’ is probably the best introduction to Killing Joke but falls short of providing enough value for existing fans. (read more)
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Killing Joke – “What’s THIS For…!”
What’s THIS For…! is Killing Joke‘s second album and contains all of the muscle and fury of their self-titled debut, only with less synthesizers and a stronger emphasis on thick percussion with ritualistic drum patterns. Despite being the same amount of tracks, What’s THIS For…! is a noticeable seven minutes longer than its predecessor. This shows… (read more)
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Killing Joke – “Revelations” (1982)
Revelations is Killing Joke‘s third album, and is the first that shows the band in a definite regression. It’s true that What’s THIS For…! was not up to the quality of their first album in terms of innovation or songwriting, but it wasn’t far behind and helped make up for its shortcomings with a stronger emphasis on tribal percussion… (read more)
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Prolapse – “Pointless Walks to Dismal Places” (1994)
Pointless Walks to Dismal Places is an interesting blend of ’80s C86 indie rock and post-punk with dashes of ’90s post-hardcore and noise rock. Throw in some other early ’90s indie signifiers like shoegaze and the sometimes twee-esque vocals of Linda Steelyard, and you have a true smorgasbord of underground rock at the time. Mick… (read more)
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The Sisters of Mercy – “First and Last and Always” (1985)
Good stuff, the faintly shimmering guitars of First and Last and Always are catchy and what keep you coming back to the dreariness. The vocalist is pretty bad though, you can hear him really putting pressure on his throat to create that unnatural deep voice and it’s kind of silly and melodramatic—but everything else about… (read more)
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The Sisters of Mercy – “Floodland” (1987)
Floodland has the same dark atmosphere as First and Last and Always, except bigger and badder. And all that bombast in an attempt to be more powerful actually makes it, well, less oppressive and bleak than its predecessor. In a way, it works for the better. Eldritch is still an awful vocalist that the band would be better… (read more)
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Killing Joke – “Killing Joke”
Killing Joke’s first album marches through abandoned city streets, waving a welcome banner for Armageddon. (read more)
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Wipers – “Land of the Lost” (1986)
Despite its mild reception, Land of the Lost is a good album. It doesn’t have the cohesiveness or distinct identity that the previous three Wipers albums had, such as Is This Real?‘s punk-inspired new wave, Youth of America‘s perfect bridge of punk rock and post-punk, or even Over the Edge‘s raw energy and killer riffs,… (read more)