At once menacing and comforting, the sonically dark and adventurous “Cold War Pop” album represents some of Alien Skin’s finest moments on record. “Timeline wise I refer to the crossover years of the late 1970s into early 1980s. Of an iron curtain divided Berlin and London in a winter of discontent, explains Alien Skin, on […]
Alien Skin: ‘1980 REDUX’ – painstakingly detailed production work
There aren’t many synth-pop bands that I deem buyable today. I could probably count them all on my left hand. And if I only included the bands that actually played authentic 80’s analogue-driven synth-pop, I’d probably be left counting my stiff middle finger. Sure digital and sampling can mimic just about any sound today…if you […]
