Album: The Men That Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing, This May Be the Reason (Leather Apron)
Steampunk, more an antiquarian aesthetic than a musical movement, is oft derided as "when goths discovered brown".
Leading Steampunkers THTWNBBFN – the name's a Jack the Ripper reference – appear to fit the bill, containing members of goff veterans Creaming Jesus. Their second album of industrial metal and rabble-rousing Oi is packed with droll Victoriana – 1877-meets-1977 fun for when you're in that crumpled top hat, vintage pocket watch mood.
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