The Stompcrash is a Gothic band from Milan, Italy, which has equal parts of classic 80’s English Gothic rock, post punk and some darkwave characteristics to form a diverse, transfixing and catchy release.
As it usually goes with this sort of music, the vocals alternate between Chris’ lead bassy male voice to Dany’s female voice, which sound great, especially with her Italian accent very much intact. The music, although showing some clear influences from artists like The Cure, Joy Division, Sisters of Mercy and Siouxsie and the Banshees is still way above average. Through the fair usage of keyboards the songs have a strong atmospheric and dreamy sort of quality I like quite a bit. As it also goes with this sort of music the bass guitar is rather audible and the guitar work is well done with plenty of interesting riffs, some of which sound a bit melancholic to my ears.
I really like most of the songs on this album, but in particular, ‘Like a Noise,’ ‘Dorian’ and ‘Modern Slaves’ are the best, filled with great melodies and tons of catchiness to keep me coming back for more and more.
At forty three minutes and twelve songs strong, this is definitely a must for anyone that enjoys classic Gothic music. Likewise it’s always pleasing to see modern day artists still creating this sort of music, and even if you didn’t grow up with music like this you’ll quickly fall in love with it once you hear it.
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