Music

What would Andrew Eldritch think?

I was making my way through Treble’s mammoth (and excellent) “Top 100 Post-Punk Albums” and decided to give The Sisters of Mercy’s “Lucretia, My Reflection” a spin… and my kid started flossing to it. What does this mean for his goth status?

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