Putting a pin marking Eternal Mourning’s place on the musical map would prove quite a difficult task, but then, why would you want to try a bolt down any music that is this exploratory and adventurous?
And “Toxic Lovers” is a perfect example of why such a task is both fruitless and perverse, given that so many elements and eras, sounds, and styles seem to shimmer and chime under its surface.
The song is an exploration of the toxic situation that is left in the wake of a love that burned too intensely, too briefly, and too fiercely. However, while there may be much here that feels as if you have heard it before, it is the way that those elements are assembled that separates the fresh from the familiar, the exciting from the existing.
You might catch a hint of The Cure’s 1980s pop vibe, but this is tempered and balanced by a folk-derived sound. There is also something of the post-punk pop sound at work, skirting around the fringes of the likes of Echo and the Bunnymen’s dark Doors-infused domain or The Church’s brooding psychedelia in their more measured and melancholy moments. Stopping short of the gothic sound, there is at least a feeling of baroque pop at work, if only in vibe rather than instrumentation.
But for all the past reference points, “Toxic Lovers” fits perfectly into the here and now, if only in its fringes —those liminal spaces where fad and fashion drift into more underground realms, where commerciality is subsumed by cult status. And why would you want to be anywhere else?
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