What isethereal wave?
On the post-punk line between noise rock and neue deutsche todeskunst. Grew out of new wave. Change here for dark wave (electronic).
EMERGED 1982
ETHEREAL WAVE
A slow, reverb-heavy offshoot of gothic rock where voices and chiming guitars count for more than riffs.[1] It came from the UK in the early 1980s, mostly through 4AD bands: Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil and early Dead Can Dance.[1] German zines named it ethereal wave and US magazines said ethereal goth; in the 1990s Projekt Records carried it on with Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Love Spirals Downwards and Lycia.[1]
TRACKS TO START WITH
- 1GarlandsCocteau Twins4AD / 1982
- 2Melt!Siouxsie and the Banshees1982
- 3Head over HeelsCocteau Twins4AD / 1983
- 4TreasureCocteau Twins4AD / 1984
- 5LollitaA.R. Kane4AD / 1987
SOURCES
- 1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethereal_wave (blurb, derived, year, seed)