March 30 at a rare seated show at
@TVEyeNYC , Northampton, England-originated, Los Angeles-based post-punk goth rock legend
@DavidJHaskins offered an unusual, intimate, vocals-only 13-song set, accompanied by longtime collaborator and expert NYC avant-garde composer/musician
@Wallfisch (formerly of
@Swans_Official ) in specially prepared arrangements of an eclectic mix of inventive đš sounds, as part of a night of adventurous music and performance by fellow
@Independent_Project_Records artist
@_Alison_Clancy_ and operatic art pop satirist
@JosephKeckler .Â
Haskins sang a selection of new songs, including the world premiere of upcoming concept LP track âThe Beauty of Broken Dreamsâ, some with trenchant political messages (âThe Rape of the Rose Gardenâ and the forboding industrial rhythm track-backed âICE Too Cold to Thawâ), some older solo songs (the sunny self-referential satire of âGoth Girls in Southern Califoniaâ from his 2005 solo debut LP), and covers of âDead and Lovelyâ by Tom Waits and âVienna Songâ by the late Pat Fish AKA The Jazz Butcher (for whom he sometimes played bass and produced), and songs from his earlier bands
@LoveAndRocketsOfficial ("Rain Bird" ) & his first group, post-punk pioneers
@BauhausTheBandOfficial ("Who Killed Mr. Moonlight"), all presented with morbid elegance and mordant wit by an experimental rock pioneer.
Setlist included:
Goth Girls in Southern California
Vienna Song (The Jazz Butcher song)Â
The Beauty of Broken Dreams (live debut)
Dead and Lovely (
@TomWaits cover)Â
Rain Bird (Love and Rockets song)Â
In the Great Blue Whenever
The Star's Stand-In
In the Wake of Lady Blue
The Rape of the Rose Garden
ICE Too Cold to Thaw
Who Killed Mr. Moonlight (Bauhaus song) (see earlier post for an extended clip)
(Review continued in the comments)
#GothRock #PaulWallfisch #DavidJ #BauhausBand #LoveAndRockets