Child Of Night – The Walls At Dawn (Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Dream-Pop.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: This is the debut album of the American formation Child Of Night. They originally started as a duo and became a trio. They have been active since 2017 and released a few EP’s. “The Walls At Dawn” was also released as cassette format by Beso De Muerte Records.
Content: The songs of this band are getting back to 80s New/Dark-Wave music, but still evoke the melancholic reverie of Dream-Pop productions. The guitar playing reinforces the Dream-Pop approach. There’re a few instrumental tracks featured, but most of the songs are alternating male- and female vocals.
+ + + : Child Of Night are mainly excelling in a very personal interpretation of Dream-Pop. I like the guitar accentuating the Dream-Pop orientation of the opus. “Son” is a noticeable track in the genre. I also want to say a word about “Unafraid”, which sounds darker and more into Electronics while featuring female vocals. And there’s also something to say about “Cult Of Satisfaction”, where the electronic sound treatments remind me of Siouxsie And The Banshees.
– – – : This is a cool debut album, but unfortunately without a true climax.
Conclusion: “The Walls At Dawn” is an honest debut album for Child Of Night.
Best songs: “Son”, “Unafraid”, “Cult Of Satisfaction”.
Rate: 7.
Listen to “The Walls At Dawn”:
Artist: www.facebook.com/childofnight666
Label: www.waverecordsmusic.com / www.facebook.com/waverecords
About Child Of Night
Child Of Night is a darkwave band from Columbus, Ohio (USA). Jonathan Thompson and Tristan Wolfe started the project as a duo in 2017. Vocalist Niabi Aquena joined during the summer of 2020, turning the project into a trio.
The band self-released “Breathless” in 2017 and the cassette “Neither Of These Alone Is Enough” on Eventually It Will Kill You in 2018. Detriti Records paired both on a limited cassette the same year. “What Remains” followed in 2018, the single-sided lathe-cut 7” “Compromise” in 2020, and the limited cassette maxi “Reduced To Ash” on Popnihil in 2021. The cassette album “The Fool” appeared in 2023.
“The Walls At Dawn” is the band’s first full length. It was issued by Play Alone Records, Wave Records and Beso De Muerte Records, and announced in July 2021 together with the single “Unafraid”.
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