No Songs Tomorrow - Dark Wave, Ethereal Rock and Cold Wave 1981-1990

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 and the Banshees, and The Cure as they were by the art damaged experimentation of Cabaret Voltaire, Wire, and Throbbing Gristle, always rich in Gothic spirit, 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 collectibles, 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.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE

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

DISC TWO

• U.V. Pøp - "No Songs Tomorrow (Album Version)"
• Soft Cell - "Heat"
• Lowlife - "From Side To Side"
• Parade Ground - "Moans"
• Cranes - "Focus Breathe"
• Lycia - "From Foam"
• Sad Lovers And Giants - "Return To Clocktower Lodge"
• Section 25 - "Looking From A Hilltop"
• Fra Lippo Lippi - "Now and Forever"
• The Essence - "Only For You"
• Mittageisen - "Automaten (Radio Edit)"
• Beautiful Pea Green Boat - "The Screw"
• Autumnfair - "Novy Mir"
• Minimal Compact - "My Will"
• Cuddly Toys - "Pierrot Lunaire (Malice Pt 2)"

DISC THREE

• Clan Of Xymox - "Louise (7'' Version)"
• Iron Curtain - "The Condos"
• Neon - "Dark Age (12'' Mix)"
• Die Form - "Poupée Mécanique"
• Kirlian Camera - "Blue Room"
• Danse Society - "Danse/Move"
• SS-Say - "Care"
• For Against - "Amen Yves"
• Heavenly Bodies - "Rains On Me"
• Invisible Limits - "Demand For Supply"
• Xmal Deutschland - "Sickle Moon"
• Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - "Hand On Heart"
• Little Nemo - "City Lights (Long Way)"
• Royal Family & The Poor