#exgoth

[nelehjr]

How goth was I as a teenager? Well. I just put this silly band against my old bedsheets. Does that answer your question? #SillyBands #TooCool #Goth #ExGoth #IWasOffMainstream #Gothic #Angst #TeenageHelen #Teenager #MakingFunOfMyself #MyChildhoodBedroom

[outlikethat]

exgoth wordpunk cat sits in multiple boxes at once

explain your gender in 10 words or less without using boring words like “male”, “female”, “nonbinary”, “masculine”, “feminine” or “androgynous”.

go!

[stegzy]

In a Britain in an alternate universe where paganistic villagers performed fertility rites, sacrificed policemen in burning wicker effigies and sang folk songs with hidden paganistic undernotes you can imagine this compilation being enjoyed on PYE stereo systems or in-car Grundig cassette players.

Mental imagery of remote rural areas of the UK like the Pennine ridge of the Yorkshire dales and the Peak district with perhaps lots of woolen sweatered fishermen or farmer types (because why there would be fishermen in the Pennines I have no idea. Holiday perhaps?), busty lusty young Brit Eckland look-a-likes and manbeards worn for warmth rather than style. Burning log fires in remote rural public houses on the moors. Folk musicians holding their ears to keep in tune and the familiar pong of veganism. These are all brought to mind when listening to the British dark folk compilation John Barleycorn Reborn (JBR) (2007).

I had long lusted after JBR since Amazon first suggested it would sit nicely in my music library. Of course, not feeling confident that I would enjoy it because of the number of bands and songs I’d never heard of, I resisted, seeking only to try and obtain it during the great internet download free for all of the mid to late noughties. However, as recently as last year, I found the album on Apple Music together with its brother and followup compilation, John Barleycorn Reborn: Rebirth (2011).

As I took great interest in the neofolk movement that took alternative, mature and adult music to new levels across continental Europe the late noughties, I’m more aware that JBR is purely a British attempt to break into an already dying subculture. Yes we had the hauntology bit on our side (as the likes of Belbury Poly and similar bands from Ghostbox have shown) and we do hauntology well, but the dark/neo folk was becoming old hat and middleaged exgoth hipsters were already starting to reinvent themselves in other ways.

The compiler has put a lot of effort into these albums and, while they ooze hauntology, they stink of the imitation of the earlier neofolk compendium Looking for Europe (2007) which is much richer in diversity. Some strong acts feature especially the likes of Sieben, Sol Invicitus, Far Black Furlong and Martyn Bates while other groups linger, tempting the listener to delve into their own back catalogue while supping a nice warm frothing pint of Badgers Nipple and smoking a pipe.

Track listing for John Barleycord Reborn: Dark Britannica

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John Barleycorn 3:56 The Horses Of The Gods North, County Maid 2:40 The Owl Service The Wicker Man 2:31 The Story Spirit of Albion 4:16 Damh the Bard Twa Corbies 5:14 Mary Jane Dives and Lazarus 6:30 Andrew King Three Crowns 5:38 The Triple Tree To Kills All Kings 5:01 Sol Invictus Ogham on the Hill 4:04 Sieben Horn Dance 3:31 Sharron Kraus Lay Bent To the Bonny Broom 7:55 Charlotte Greig and Johan Asherton The Burning of Auchindoun 5:44 Pumajaw The Scryer and the Shewstone 5:07 Peter Ulrich Where the Hazel Grows 4:31 alphane moon Hippomania 6:51 English Heretic Icy Solstice Eye 3:28 Far Black Furlong John Barleycorn Must Die 4:37 The Anvil To Make You Stay 2:55 Tinkerscuss Trial By Bread and Butter 3:37 The Straw Bear Band The Sorrow of Rimmon 3:56 Electronic Voice Phenomina Dragonfly 4:21 The Purple Minds of Lazeron Stained Glass Morning 5:56 Sand Snowman Summerhouse 5:11 The A Lords The Guidman’s Ground 4:19 The Kitchen Cynics PewPew 2:33 Quickthorn Reed Sodger 4:20 Clive Powell Child 102 Willie and Earl Richard’s Daughter 7:33 Venereum Arvum Nottamun Town 6:55 Drohne Gargoyle 6:16 Stormcrow Pact 4:21 Doug Peters Obsidian Blade 5:07 While Angels Watch John Barleycorn: This Life, Death and Resurrection 4:51 Xenis Emputae Travelling Band The Resurrection Apprentice 2:31 Martyn Bates

Track listing for John Barleycorn Reborn: Rebirth

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The Rolling of the Stones 2:04 Magpiety All Hallow’s Eve 5:05 Story, The Wood 4:57 Telling the Bees John Bonny Jaycock Turner 2:42 David A Jaycock Oh My Boy, My Bonny Boy 2:30 Yealand Redmayne The Bold Fisherman 4:36 Charlotte Greig & Johan Asherton Tierceron 4:00 Steve Tyler The Wendigo 6:24 Wendigo, The Wake the Vaulted Echo (Tigon Mi 4:53 Owl Service, The East Room V 3:33 Far Black Furlong Brightening Dew 3:10 Xenis Emputae Travelling Band Corvus Monedula 4:08 Sedayne Bear Ghost 5:02 Straw Bear Band, The Scythe To the Grass 3:06 Novemthree Lavondyss 4:55 Paul Newman Kingfisher Blue 5:16 James Reid (Digging the) Midnight Silver 4:18 JefvTaon Children’s Soul 1:48 Wooden Spoon A Dream of Fires 3:21 Big Eyes Family Players, The Improvisation At Kilpeck, June 4:18 Sundog Ca the Horse, Me Marra 11:17 Clive Powell Jack In the Green 2:41 Mac Henderson And Grand Union Morris Seven Sleepers, Seven Sorrows 11:58 Cunnan The Silkie 3:52 Orchis Thistles 5:28 Twelve Thousand Days Harvest Dance 2:31 Novemthree Elder 3:45 James Reid When I Was In My Prime 5:07 Mary Jane Ognor Mi Trovo 3:18 Daughters of Elvin De Poni Amor a Me 6:17 Misericordia Child 102 (Lily Flower Mix) 7:54 Venereum Arvum John Barleycorn Must Live 5:37 Anvil, The The Old Way 0:45 Sunshine Coding

  John Barleycorn Reborn: Dark Britannica – Various Artists [#648] & John Barleycorn Reborn: Rebirth [#649] In a Britain in an alternate universe where paganistic villagers performed fertility rites, sacrificed policemen in burning wicker effigies and sang folk songs with hidden paganistic undernotes you can imagine this compilation being enjoyed on PYE stereo systems or in-car Grundig cassette players.

[jasonicdawson]

I made this Insignia back when I was in 3rd year of Engineering using Autocad & was still a dedicated fan of @LinkinPark aka LP (The symbol is fashioned after their minutes to midnight era symbol introduced during 2007).Certain songs like Numb & In the End helped me get through some difficult times. I listened to Linkin Park & defended their music even after I discovered more interesting genres like progressive rock & metal, my ipod playlist was getting crowded with more death metal & black metal songs but always had space for all the Linkin Park albums (even the shitty 'A Thousand Suns'). Then they released 'Living things' even though it failed to capture the magic of Hybrid Theory & Meteora, it was a good record. Their next release 'The Hunting Party' saw them going back to their roots & it turned out to be one of the best rock albums of that year. Years passed & I moved to Rome for my masters and then they released the audio abomination, a sonic garbage, a pop car wreck named 'One more Light' & at least in my humble opinion, shat all over their fanbase. So before removing their music completely from my music library, i just felt compelled to make this post. Good Bye #LinkinPark 😿 ▪️ ▪️ ▪️ ▪️ ▪️ #AJ #Insignia #CustomSigns #CustomSymbols #LinkinPark #NuMetal #rockandroll #HybridTheory #Meteora #MinutesToMidnight #AThousandSuns #LivingThings #OneMoreLight #MetalHead #Metal #MetalRevival #HeavyMetal #Monochrome #VSCO #VSCOCam #AutoCad #Music #MusicRant #MetalForever #Weirdo #ExGoth #Rant #AlbumReview #RockMusic #sexdrugsrocknroll

[tonymunch]

Thanks Amazon. Inner-goth time! #ghostdance #goth #cd #music #exgoth

[tonymunch]

More Flesh For Lulu #gigs #gigstagram #livemusic #london #blacknwhite #blackandwhite #fleshforlulu #nickmarsh #exgoth (at The Borderline)

[tonymunch]

Flesh For Lulu! #gigs #gigstagram #livemusic #london #goth #gothtastic #exgoth #dayout #fleshforlulu #nickmarsh (at The Borderline)