Siouxsie and the Banshees
Once Upon a Time: The Singles

THE REVIEW

Siouxsie Soux is the main icon of British dark-punk. This collection is a masterpiece of the '80s sound with rock, dark, and even pop elements.

The first song is the quintessential hit and also the band's first single "Hong Kong Garden," a gloomy dance based on just two chords that tells of the abuses suffered by the Chinese community in the meeting-restaurant she frequented as a girl. Beautiful, then it amps up with the second single "Mirage": Siouxsie is a vision on your TV screen, something that comes from a dream seen through your x-ray eyes, her body is an oasis where you quench your thirst. But the peak is reached with "Love In A Void", where Siouxsie unleashes a truly electrifying rock. "Happy House" comes from Kaleidoscope, one of the best albums, there perhaps we find ourselves in a house where the techno pop element becomes decisive, this song will be raided by the techno of the '90s (Sic!). "Spellbound" is a delirium of guitars and obsessive percussion that gives you no respite, to be listened from start to finish.

There isn't a lesser song, they are all on the same level: a homogeneous and essential collection for your dark evenings.