SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES Nocturne x2LP Vinyl RSD 2024

Some live albums are just documents. Nocturne is something else entirely, a fever dream captured at the Royal Albert Hall in 1983, the Banshees at their absolute peak with Robert Smith on guitar and a setlist that reads like a greatest hits of the post-punk dark aesthetic canon.

If you've ever stood in a dark room and felt the bass in your chest before the guitars even kicked in, you already understand why this record matters. Siouxsie Sioux remains one of the most commanding front-persons rock has ever produced, and this two-LP pressing reminds you that gothic and alternative music had a genuine high priestess long before the genre became a costume. The RSD 2024 black vinyl pressing is exactly the kind of thing you buy now and still feel smug about in a decade.

Format: double LP black vinyl, RSD 2024 pressing. Originally recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1983.

Fans of: The Cure, Bauhaus, Wire, early 4AD anything.