It is another gloomy looking day in Blighty, rain‑grey skies and the feeling that the sunrise is only a temporary window before the light fades again – and that mood makes a great backdrop to give Darkswoon a spin with their new single.
'Thread' is one of those tracks which does not try too hard, but still manages to get under your skin, its evocative weight carried with a guided, refined confidence. The track ambles along with an understated force, lovely distorted guitars providing a back-wash of spidery atmospherics that perfectly frame Jana Cushman’s ethereal, aching vocal.
'Thread' is one of those tracks which does not try too hard, but still manages to get under your skin, its evocative weight carried with a guided, refined confidence. The track ambles along with an understated force, lovely distorted guitars providing a back-wash of spidery atmospherics that perfectly frame Jana Cushman’s ethereal, aching vocal.
As the first taste of their forthcoming album, Antivenom, it shows a band fully settled into their darkwave–post‑punk–shoegaze hybrid, but sharpening it into something more intimate and exposed. Cushman’s lyrics cut with poetic honesty ('I miss who we were together, A million years ago, A shelter from bad weather, Of our stormy home'), tracing trauma bonds, silence, and the fragile threads that bind people long after the warmth has gone. Beneath it all, Norah Lynn’s bass and Rachel Ellis’ drums pulse with a restrained urgency.
Pleasingly, this is gothic rock without all the usual over-indulgencies and hideous clichés. 'Thread' feels like a quiet reckoning - haunting, immersive, and beautifully human. Highly recommended.
LINK: darkswoon
Pleasingly, this is gothic rock without all the usual over-indulgencies and hideous clichés. 'Thread' feels like a quiet reckoning - haunting, immersive, and beautifully human. Highly recommended.
LINK: darkswoon