While the short lived late 80s genre has seen something of a resurgence in recent years thanks to the popularity of acts like john maus and cold cave no one does it better than black marble who.
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Initially consisting of chris stewart 8 and ty kube it s only involving the former who relocated to the west coast since the release of the second album.
Black marble opens i must be living twice with johnny and mary the landmark single from robert palmer s delightfully new wave album clues while the pulse of the black marble s is a bit more.
Or as happy as an exceedingly gloomy album can make one happy that is.
Black marble began in 2012 with the release of an ep on hardly art titled weight against the door.
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Alternative rock synth pop post punk coldwave.
Black marble is an american music project formed in 2012 in brooklyn new york it is led by electronic musician chris stewart and formerly featured ty kube of team robespierre.
Black marble s debut album a different arrangement should make any fan of early synth pop pioneers like omd or soft cell very happy.
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Also in 2012 black marble released its first full length album on hardly art titled a different arrangement.
Black marble stewart s band doesn t have the name recognition of black sabbath but music critics agree his talent deserves more fame.
The duo of chris stewart and ty kube does an amazing job of recapturing both the sound and feel of early 80s darkwave and synth pop artists with some added joy division input just to make.
And joy division and does so without simply cloning the sound of those and other bands of the day.
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Without crossing too far over black marble s own tastefully stark lines it s immaterial allows a little more endearing color and candor.
I love the plucky basslines the old school synth and the lead singer s muffled croon.
Black marble is an american post punk cold wave music project formed in 2012 in brooklyn new york.
Before the band s show at gramps this monday stewart spoke.