ALTER DE FEY: Under a Waxing Moon Cassette

San Francisco has always known how to do darkness properly. Altar De Fey carry that city's deathrock lineage with genuine conviction, and Under a Waxing Moon is the kind of record that sounds like it was recorded in a room lit entirely by candles and bad decisions.

If you grew up on Christian Death, early Kommunity FK, or spent too many formative years in the goth and post-punk underground, this one lands exactly where it should. There's a rawness here that a lot of contemporary gothic rock tries to fake and can't, the kind that comes from actually caring about the craft rather than the aesthetic. Essential listening for anyone who takes their dark alternative music seriously, and a cassette that deserves a spot next to the good ones on your shelf.

Format: cassette. Artist origin: San Francisco, California, USA. Genre: deathrock, gothic rock, post-punk.

Fans of: Christian Death, Kommunity FK, Cinema Strange, Rozz Williams-era everything.