The worlds a better place for all that searching, as every single song on this record is well worth being resurrected from nowhere. Like all good compilations, Braaten has found the perfect mid-point between common ground and variation. Each artist has their own twist on the genre; The Naked and The Dead's Carousel propels itself forwards with rolling toms and a frantic bass line with a result not unlike Nick Cave's work with The Birthday Party. Meanwhile, Screaming For Emily's organ driven entry sounds like a new-wave disco from hell.
I've included the song Liberty below by the incredibly named Kitchen & the Plastic Spoons below, but all of the 10 other Bauhaus-come-punk style songs are equally brilliant.
Killed by Deathrock is available on CD and LP from Sacred Bones Records.
