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Thursday, 29 September 2022

Danse Society

I was reminded of this pair of songs recently by a discussion of goth taking place elsewhere. The Danse Society were goths from Barnsley but their music often veered off into other parts of the 80s post- punk/ indie diaspora. Between 1980 and 1987 they made three albums before the original line up splintered. They've reformed in different incarnations since 2011. 

Their second, 1983's Heaven Is Waiting, is well worth a spin. The title track marries rapid machine drums and synth pop with their Yorkshire goth roots, like a less poppy Depeche Mode maybe- the sort of thing that got played at midweek alternative nights to punters careering round empty dancefloors, white sleeves flapping, ciggies flicking embers everywhere, hairspray mingling with the smoke machine. 

Heaven Is Waiting

This one from 1986's Looking Through is a keeper too, echo guitar, cavernous drums, intense vocals. They'd become Danse Society International by this point for reasons I'm unclear about. 

All I Want