We are best friends, we started working together in 2022, I was playing in a band that wasn't good for me - toxic friendships etc. She tapped me on the shoulder after a show one night and said "You probably don't know me but I have this inkling that you and I need to write music together".
Alice was a solo artist called BVLLVDs. We discovered that we both grew up on very similar types of music. Both of us come from immigrant families so we bonded over that. We found that we can write songs incredibly fast and our musical chemistry is spot on.
Our influences range quite significantly, we love Sisters Of Mercy, Depeche Mode, The Cure, but we also love more contemporary goth artists too - biggest inspiration to our music has been Buzz Kull, who we are supporting next month so we are over the moon. But we are heavily inspired by HEALTH, Drab Majesty, Kontravoid, TR/ST and theatrical acts like Yves Tumor, Kate Bush and more.
We just dropped an EP in feb, you can stream it here. We recently did an interview about the songs we write and what the EP means, you can check it out here.
The biggest thing we're trying to do with Gloomshift is not only celebrate dark/goth artists, we're trying to make a platform for working class artists. Let me know if you want some more information about our other artists too.
- Phil Spiteri