music for angsty romantics.

[darklovesongs]

aaaaaand this blog is back. here’s a song that builds like an ira levin novel, complete with a darkly cinematic but kind of confusing music video.

Even though you’ll force me to, I still won’t give it to you / Even though you want me to / I learn so much from you

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too late, december’s already gone. 80s musicians really like to rhyme the word "remember" with "december"—no other month like september or november sounds as poetic, i suppose—and it makes me feel really conflicted because so far i have made zero meaningful romantic memories in any of the decembers i've lived through so far.

There’s a Victorian tin I keep my memories in / I found it up in the attic

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garbage posted a music video for this strange little birds song and it’s just as surreal and freaky and wonderful as you’d expect.

you bring your light, i’ll bring the pain / you bring your joy, i’ll bring my shame

i want to kiss the scar that rips your shoulder, get so close that it hurts

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“jack white tied up” is pretty much my aesthetic. anyway, if you’d also care to see jack white tied up, this is the one music video you should watch this halloween.

who’s jealous who’s jealous who’s jealous who’s jealous of who? / if i get busy then i couldn’t care less what you do / but when i’m by myself i think of nothing else / than if a boy just might be getting through and touching you

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happy halloween! or merry christmas, if you’re a computer scientist. i’d apologize for having been absent since starting school at carnegie mellon, but basically nobody follows this blog anyway. 

i’m so scared of being fragile / i’ve seen the future, we got shattered and shards of you and me / were spread for miles, and miles, and miles

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this dark pop band’s name comes from the way bela lugosi addressed his mistress in love letters, supposedly. 

you know i’m half crazy for you / and there’s nothing you can do…

i must be spoiled and rotten / 'cause no one else will ever do don’t you forget i get what i want / and all i want is you

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in creating their cover version, the birthday massacre made a few changes to the lyrics of tiffany’s song to transform it from a light-hearted pop love song to a true dark love song. despite these slight alterations, their version is still much more danceable than the 80s original.

i think we’re alone now / the beating of your heart is the only sound

[darklovesongs]

Controller.controller’s music is somehow no longer on Spotify. So now I have to actually watch some of their music videos. I’m not sure what’s going on in this one.

I must be your mother / All your life is all my fault

[darklovesongs]

posting because this awesome canadian dance-punk band is touring america with BRMC this fall, with their first concert date being at the cleveland house of blues on october 11. see you there.

now that it’s over / this weight is off my shoulder / i love you more and more

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oh look, everyone’s favorite electronica-with-indecipherable-lyrics band is making music again, and they released some new tracks & videos earlier this week. except that girl wearing a type o negative t-shirt in the video is definitely not alice glass. her name is edith frances, and i sincerely hope the crystal castles fandom will be nice to her. meanwhile, where’s alice glass’s solo album? we haven’t heard from her since “stillbirth.”

[darklovesongs]

This song—and most of the brief album it comes from—is more like Clear Hearts Grey Flowers Jack Off Jill than the scarling. that the band scarling. later became. And Sweet Heart Dealer had several of the same personnel as the aforementioned JOJ album: Chris Vrenna as producer, Mark Ryden as the album cover artist, and, of course, Jessicka. It wasn’t quite melodious goth rock yet, but it was more shoegaze than alternative metal. 

I just wanna lie here / just wanna lie here / just wanna lie here, next to you…

I wanna do you favors / wanna spend time / wanna feel your heart race in mine 

[darklovesongs]

new tag page!

i spent some time organizing my posts, then made a page to list & explain the ways i’ve tagged songs on this blog: http://darklovesongs.tumblr.com/tags

[darklovesongs]

the song that parts of this song reminds you of is probably “a forest” by the cure. that makes “blackout” the most gothic piece on garbage’s new album. 

that was such a wicked thing to say / that was such a spiteful thing to do / you smile as the words spew out your mouth / so i laugh in your face right back at you

[darklovesongs]

here’s a song & music video from the late 90s, featuring: dancing cowboys, a truly scary scarecrow, 1999 dolores o’riordan, and interesting cinematographic use of color. there are cool-colored scenes, and warm-colored scenes in this video; there’s no in between. 

maybe we should burn the house down / have ourselves another fight / leave the cobwebs in the closet / cause tearing them out is just not right

why can’t you stay / here awhile / stay here awhile with me

[darklovesongs]

continuing with the temporary hip-hop theme for today—or, actually posting songs by artists who have influenced my own musical style—here’s a fantastically weird & dark music video by dessa, for a song from her album a badly broken code about dessa’s observations regarding another woman’s abusive relationship. let’s smash the patriarchy together, with incredibly well-written raps. yes, dessa is a poet.

everybody knew you / as the wife of a famous man / everybody who knew said / there goes dixon’s girl again

and it’s not much / but my money’s on you / i know it’s not much / but my money, my money’s on you

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and now for something completely different…

clipping.’s new EP wriggle was just released, and i’m pretty sure this song is by far the best on it. the 51-second nearly-a-cappella rap intro was pretty good too, but nothing beats a noise-hop dark love song.

and that necklace he gave you that you said you loved / was all tangled and tore / and his world was too cause his world was you / when you trying to fight another world war / what the fuck did you expect a man to do? / swallow it all, did you swallow it too?

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sleigh bells released a new song today (”rule number one”), and it’s amazing & totally hardcore but not exactly a good fit for this blog. however, it reminded me of the simple fact that this amazing noise pop band exists, and on top of that, that alexis krauss & derek miller have made some great music videos. if you’re looking for a more energetic love song, check out their song “love sick.”

can you hear me, can you see me? / well it’s the end of the line / so goodbye