Sylvia Black’s brooding bass lines from “Talking in Tongues” will immediately hearken the knowledgeable listener to early 80s post-punk and deathrock when the instrument drove much of that music. The wailing, distorted guitar haunts the edges of the song and in the music video the singer/songwriter/bassist is surrounded by winking stars as she dances with ritualistic, hypnotic gestures. The steady pace just adds to a sense of menace and sonic darkness and adds to the mysterious quality of a song that even if it has familiar resonances manages to be alluring and unsettling at once. Watch the video for “Talking in Tongues” on YouTube and follow Sylvia Black at the links below. Her new album Shadowtime is out January 16, 2026.
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