Forward To The Past is the new 12" EP from Berlin's extravagant Dark Punk quartet Totenwald. The follow-up to their debut album "Dirty Squats And Disco Lights," the 4 songs - self-recorded in May 2019 - come on transparent pink vinyl with lyrics sheet in an edition of 500 copies as a co-release between Plastic Bomb Records in Germany, and the band.
Originally only available as a limited cassette during their West Coast US Tour in September 2019, the title of the EP is a sarcastic reference to the current 80s revival, which comes not only with fashion and music styles but also with the return of Cold War-era politics. The songs themselves are political and discerning, yet comprehensible and straight to the point.
"Forward To The Past" is a complex mosaic celebrating the aesthetics and style of the past while not being doomed to repeat them, rounded off with perfectly fitting artwork. Top-class neo-post-punk!
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lyrics
One more night stuck with myself
Life feels wrong and I can’t ask for help
Wrapped in my room with the same old songs
And one says tomorrow never comes
And I guess there’s no tomorrow
And I bet there’s no tomorrow
For how long can one be playing with fire
Before time will expire?!
One more night without any ambition
Keep telling myself “it’s just a transition”
And I know that I lie when I say that I’m fine
'Cause I know I’m crossing every line
And I guess there’s no tomorrow
And I bet there’s no tomorrow
Black drops running down on silver
Black drops my heart goes numb
Pins and needles and one sharp chill
A sublime touch, just one more thrill
And just like Alice down the rabbit hole
I fall into a spiral dark as coal
And I guess there’s no tomorrow
What awaits is fear and sorrow
I’m precariously balanced on the edge of a blade
Light is starting to fade
Suddenly all the pain is gone and all that’s left is just some stain of blood
I can't help it though I tried, it’s "just a picture from life’s other side"....
Black drops running down on silver
Black drops my heart goes numb
Living For Nothing finds Horror Vacui in their best form. Songwriting and production here is even better than the excellent New Wave of Fear album and the intricate guitar work makes this their darkest offering so far. Top notch Post-Punk/Deathrock!
My blessings. Elis Alex
It's uncanny just how good Actors is at emulating that Post-Punk synth sound from my younger days.
Each listen just gets better and better. I feel slightly ashamed for not having heard this album until a few short days ago. modestwriggles