If you have never heard "Urban Heat" well, times' up. Austin Texas multi ethnic synth-based Goth Rock band are soon going to be handed the torch from The Cure, Or Fields of the Nephilim, The Sisters of Mercy, but maybe NOT Love & Rockets.

I got to do a deep dive into their music with principle songwriter and vocalist Jonathan Horstman, covering their "Spinal Tap" moments in Europe, the US tour, Cruel World, and him being a construction worker in Haiti to put his life back together.

These guys are going to knock your socks off, and you should hope to see them on tour with Killing Joke soon, or headlining massive venue tours, as their music is catching on, make sure you're not missing out.

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In the goth music genre, usually being listened to in some dank basement without much light, just AWESOME music, it's nice when a band cracks the window open, and lets some fresh air in from the usual doom and gloom. For that, we have "The Ritualists". Frontman, bassist, songwriter, drummer, producer, etc Christian Dryden and I covered so much of their influence, who they worked with to end up with their sound, and what makes the lyricist tick. I describe them as goth, with a great dance beat. The lyrics are just as harsh and deep as any, often making you think a lot, aside with some Duran Duran influenced Bunnymen sounding goth rock. Yeah, something for everyone.

I covered a lot of the first album "Baroque and Bleeding" and I got a good dive into the upcoming release "Too Pure to Cure", (It's a banger I promise)

I have been a fan of theirs since the pandemic, and a friend nudged me to reach out to them, and wow what a great convo was had.

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Starting off as a band taking so many risks, 2 musicians from North Dakota, and a Geordie (A bloke from Newcastle England) on vocals, they embarked on an adventure by just starting a band.

Raynes have just released an EP called "49" using the California Gold Rush of 1849 as the backdrop of the stories being told. They use this for metaphors that could be about the actual gold rush, and taking those risks, or even today, forming a band and heading out to try and make it.

We discussed their folk songwriting abilities, their history, and even a dive into the Bible, along with what type of liquor their music would be branded with.

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