Nimzo Mixtape #2 - 80s Post-Punk Favorites

Post-punk is a deviation from the more common punk rock of the 70s. It features more elaborate production than typical of the latter genre, with more attention to creating soundscapes while still keeping the angular guitar lines and rhythmic quality of punk rock. It also commonly features a more depressive quality to the songwriting than plain punk, and, to me, is more effective. The 80s were its heyday; below are some of my favorites from that period.

The format of this list: Artist - Song || Album it's from || Release year.

Hope you enjoy this mixtape. Cheers!

Bauhaus - All We Ever Wanted Was Everything || The Sky's Gone Out || 1982

Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon || Ocean Rain || 1984

The Cure - Disintegration || Disintegration || 1989

The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual || Meat is Murder || 1985

The Chameleons - Second Skin || Script of the Bridge || 1983

The Cure - One Hundred Years || Pornography || 1982

The Sound - Missiles || Jeopardy || 1980

Crime & the City Solution - Six Bells Chime || Room of Lights || 1986

Lung Overcoat - Past Lives || Internal Silence / Past Lives || 1983

The Sound - I Can't Escape Myself || Jeopardy || 1980

The Feelies - Loveless Love || Crazy Rhythms || 1980

Joy Division - Decades || Closer || 1980

Lech Janerka - Lola (chce zmieniać świat) || Historia podwodna || 1986

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat || Tender Prey || 1988

The Chameleons - Monkeyland || Script of the Bridge || 1983

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart || Substance || 1988

The Fall - The Classical || Hex Enduction Hour || 1982

The Smiths - How Soon Is Now? || Hatful of Hollow || 1984

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Your Funeral My Trial || Your Funeral ... My Trial || 1986

Cocteau Twins - Five Ten Fiftyfold || Head Over Heels || 1983

The Cure - Cold || Pornography || 1982

Siouxsie and The Banshees - Spellbound || Juju || 1981

The Feelies - The Boy With the Perpetual Nervousness || Crazy Rhythms || 1980

The Jam - That's Entertainment || Sound Affects || 1980

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