@dustofeve​ The big three neurodivergent 80s post-punk/new wave dudes people usually think of are Gary Numan (autistic), David Byrne of the Talking Heads (also autistic), and Danny Elfman of Oingo Boingo/film composer  (ADHD/OCD combo). Blixa Bargeld of Einstürzende Neubauten (more industrial, but it’s technically an offshoot of post-punk and gets associated a lot with goth) and of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds up until 2003 is synesthesic.

As for modern bands, I know that the lead guy in Urban Heat mentioned something about being some kind of neurodivergent in an interview. The lead singer of Male Tears is pretty public about being autistic, as is one of the guys in Deceits.

There are more, but those are the ones I can remember right now.

music from the gothic, darkwave, industrial, ebm, and ethereal underground

@inyourroomalbumversion (💚) tagged me to share five songs i listen to at the moment. according to my spotify stats it'd be:

i'm skipping the ones with bands already mentionned for the sake of diversity 🥲

i'll tag @nettys-girl @ange1attack @malevolence-engine @wednesdaytoo @dustofeve @visible-disappointment and @spinalinjuries if you want to do this!!

What are your favourite blogs

I would like to see more users like you :) so cool

My favorite blogs!? @dustofeve , @godflesh , @sex-garden , @duskofhallows , @maesus , @vibratome , @internetburial , @unholycross

I hope they don't mind me dropping their urls like that, and I have a lot more too just don't want to list everybody hahaha

Yayyy Angel baby @lysistra tagged me in a “4 albums I’ve been listening to a lot lately” thingy so here are mine :D

D.I.N. — Up (2023): I’ve hyped this album up like endlessly this year because they are one of my favorite recent bands and I want them to get more recognition, but I’ve extra been replaying this album the last month or so because 1. The story I told earlier this month of hearing them come on before a concert on acid and how fucking transcendent and exciting that was 2. I JUST got to see them again last week and they put on suuuch a good show. They are also absolute sweethearts IRL. Song rec: “Try” or “Up.”

Foetus — Nail (1985): LOL ok normie rivethead answer sorry; I’ve loved Foetus for fucking forever but I’ve been revisiting his work recently coinciding with my Venture Bros rewatch to be entirely honest ahahaha. Anyway it’s a cold take I know but goddamn this album is a fucking masterpiece. Despite being an industrial legend I feel like Thirlwell does not get NEARLY enough acknowledgment for how absolutely incredible his work is, the merging of the orchestral-minded compositions and theatricality with his dirty nasty industrial sentimentality is just perfect. Song rec: “The Throne of Agony” or “Descent into the Inferno.”

cEvin Key — Resonance (2021): Whew I kinda slept on this when it first released! I mean, I checked it out and enjoyed it, but it’s taken me a few years to actually sit down with it and fully appreciate how masterful this whole thing is. It’s really lovely, cEvin’s solo work is hiiiiighly underrated and this album has some amazing guest spots. I’ve been having a rough time sleeping recently and just putting it on and laying there with it on repeat has been super comforting tbh. Song rec: “Night Flower” (Edward Ka-Spel vocals) or “Anger is an Acid” (Chris Corner vocals).

Stephen Mallinder — tick tick tick (2022): Uh oh, me and Angel have the same album on our lists. Almost like we live together or something 🙈🙉🙊 For real though, this album is INCREDIBLE. Definitely one of my top favorites of the entirety of last year, maybe even my number one. This month was the anniversary of its release so I’ve been revisiting it a bunch. After so many years Mallinder continues to put out unique, experimental, interesting electronic music that stands out amongst everything else. This album has a very psychedelic, dreamy, transcendent feel to it without losing any danceability. Perfect for fucking, tripping at the beach, long car rides in the city at night, etc. Song rec: “Hush” or “ringdropp.”

Angel already tagged a TON of the people I would’ve lol and I don’t wanna bother any mutuals who she already got so no repeats so uhh. @pusasiberica @euthaniized @tyger-teeth @omegaverse @meshugenist @captainspaulding @otisbdriftwood @abstractlesbian @dustofeve @3liza NO PRESSURE OF COURSE to do this lol and ofc if I forgot someone obvious sorry 😭🖤

was tagged by @inyourroomalbumversion for ten songs from my "on repeat" playlist on shuffle, thank you xoxo

tagging @dustofeve @thatgothicfairy @ange1attack @raggedyfink @nettys-girl @phoneymedic @blackcoffeewrites63 @stella-welly @calavona-says-hello @birdcageserpent @xjetxblackx if you're interested (sorry if some of you have already been tagged in this, so many of my mutuals are mutuals that these things are always a weird circle lol)

7, 12, 18, 20 !!

7.) what advice would you give your childhood self?

there's no way to say this that doesn't sound corny but I wish so badly all the time that I wish I could go back and tell myself to be myself :( I missed out on so much music, media, fashion, like-minded people, etc because I really was afraid to be genuine until I was like. almost 20 lol. I have a lot of remorse over it and I have a hard time feeling like I didn't waste the majority of my youth conforming to standards that made me unhappy.

12.) describe your best friend?

a very cool guy!! very intelligent and silly and stylish and always expanding my mind to so many cool things (music especially) and the person outside of my partner who I think gets me the most. we are very similar people and I think that's why we get along so well. his url is @dustofeve and if you're reading this you should go follow him bc he is much much cooler than me.

18.) describe your personal style?

very trad goth these days

20.) who was your very first artistic inspiration?

my childhood best friend's older sister, she's a really talented artist and I was so enamored with her as a kid. genuinely the coolest person ever. she showed me a lot of cool music and fashion as well so she was just really a huge inspiration for me in general.