Modern Mirror

Draped in heavy androgynous makeup and sci-fi mythology, the Los Angeles duo perfects their synthesis of 1980s darkwave and shimmering dream pop. The record relies on icy, driving synthesizer arpeggios, heavily chorus-drenched guitars, and deeply melancholic, alienated lyricism loosely inspired by Ovid's myth of Narcissus. It firmly established them as the premier act within the modern gothic-revival scene.