80s80s Dark Wave

Dark wave shaped the 1980s in ways that pop radio refused to acknowledge at the time. 80s80s digs into that specific seam - the moody synth-pop, the gothic post-punk, the artists who looked like they'd rather be in a basement than on MTV performing. Cold wave hits different. You'll hear Depeche Mode deep cuts sitting next to obscure German coldwave acts that nobody bothers to reference anymore in casual conversation. The playlist reads like someone actually haunted record shops in Berlin circa 1985 and took detailed notes on everything. No nostalgia filter applied here. No attempt to make it r…