Rowland S. Howard - Autoluminescent

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4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2020

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Leading up to World Goth Day, DJ Abbie is giving you a dose of variations of goth every day this week. She’s kicking things off with an essential cut from The Birthday Party’s own Rowland S. Howard.

While often associated with post-punk, there’s an unmistakable goth-ness to the landmark Australian musician’s work. “Autoluminescent,” a standout track from Howard’s debut Teenage Snuff Film, contorts and twists in a bluesy haze. It’s a highlight of the tender, personal side of goth. Howard’s voice shakes as he sings “Into the dark darkness, I gave away myself.”

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0:00.0	The I'm blending
0:18.0	blending auto-umnusent. Oh too luminousant. I am white heat. I am heaven sent. I was heaven sent. I was a nightmare but I'm not gonna go there.
0:37.4	But I'm not gonna go there again
0:41.6	again. Into the house of no contest make mine a meteor
1:10.0	ride me above the rest.
1:14.0	I'm soaring throughout a space.
1:19.0	There is no better place to be. I'm bigger than Jesus Christ.
1:52.1	I'm greater than God in light. I am dangerous. I cut like the sharpest knife
1:55.0	I'm going over
1:58.0	and I hope I can hold her. Into the darkness I gave away myself
2:28.0	slipped on the spiral stairs
2:32.0	Tumbling down the world I fell on a soft spot I'm white heat I'm white's heart again. Again. Yeah. You're not.

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