About this item

As the post-punk dust began to settle, a particular strand of artist began applying a knowingly distant, colder aesthetic to their work. While much of the scene began to be dominated by bigger budget, commercially minded former punk and new wave acts, a darker undercurrent did survive, often more interesting, more dangerous and sexier than anything that could be heard on Top Of The Pops at the time. The first generation of the darkwave movement consisted of bands that were equally influenced by the fractured drama of Depeche Mode, Siouxsie & the Banshees and The Cure as they were by the art damaged experimentation of Cabaret Voltaire, Wire and Throbbing Gristle, always rich in Gothic spirt, societal displacement, urban isolation and sexual energy.

‘No Songs Tomorrow’ collects together the true progenitors and risk takers of this Venn diagram scene, each of whom set forth in uncharted territory in the post-punk minefield, expressing parts of themselves others dare not in the truest and darkest of fashions. From familiar names to underground gems and collectables, and painting with a broad international palette, this might be considered a companion piece to several of our previous offerings, ‘Silhouettes And Statues’, ‘Close to The Noise Floor’, ‘Still In A Dream’ and ‘Cherry Stars Collide’ among them. We recommend late night listening, either home alone or dripping with sweat on a rotting dancefloor.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE
1 The Cure - The Funeral Party
2 Babel 17 - Come Into Hell And Murder Hate
3 Black Tape For A Blue Girl - Within These Walls (2023 Stereo Mix)
4 Days Of Sorrow - Wild World
5 Cocteau Twins - Blood Bitch
6 Lars Falk - See My Friend Fall
7 Rise And Fall Of A Decade - Nothing To Say, Easy To Answer
8 Dead Can Dance - Avatar
9 Executive Slacks - Say It Isn't So
10 In The Nursery - Lost Prayer
11 Psyche - The Crawler
12 Kas Product - Tina Town
13 Eleven Pond – Tear And Cinnamon
14 Requiem In White - A Prodigal Son

DISC TWO
1 U.V. Pøp - No Songs Tomorrow (Album Version)
2 Soft Cell - Heat
3 Lowlife - From Side To Side
4 Parade Ground - Moans
5 Cranes - Focus Breathe
6 Lycia - From Foam
7 Sad Lovers And Giants - Return To Clocktower Lodge
8 Section 25 - Looking From A Hilltop
9 Fra Lippo Lippi - Now And Forever
10 The Essence - Only For You
11 Mittageisen - Automaten (Radio Edit)
12 Beautiful  Pea Green Boat - The Screw
13 Autumnfair - Novy Mir
14 Minimal Compact - My Will
15 Cuddly Toys - Pierrot Lunaire (Malice Pt 2)

DISC THREE
1 Clan Of Xymox - Louise (7'' Version)
2 Iron Curtain - The Condos
3 Neon - Dark Age (12'' Mix)
4 Die Form - Poupée Mécanique
5 Kirlian Camera - Blue Room
6 Danse Society - Danse/Move
7 SS-Say - Care
8 For Against - Amen Yves
9 Heavenly Bodies - Rains On Me
10 Invisible Limits - Demand For Supply
11 Xmal Deutschland - Sickle Moon
12 Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Hand On Heart
13 Little Nemo - City Lights (Long Way)
14 Royal Family & The Poor - Discipline
15 Bushido - High Rise
16 Mankind's Audio Development - Craving

DISC FOUR
1 Attrition - The Last Refuge
2 Two - Picture Frame
3 Soul - Love
4 Alien Sex Fiend - In And Out Of My Mind
5 Museum Of Devotion - Gauge Field
6 Malaria! - You You
7 No More - Suicide Commando
8 Twice A Man - Decay
9 Collection D'Arnell-Andréa - A L'Aurore Assassine
10 The Vyllies - Give Me A Name
11 Bel Canto - Dewy Fields
12 The Arms Of Someone New - Every Seventh Wave
13 Single Gun Theory - Exorcise This Wasteland
14 Tones On Tail - Performance (7'' Version)
15 Pieter Nooten & Michael Brook - Clouds