They’re eating your brothers
They chew up your sisters
And you’ll be the main dish
Trapped like a feeder fish
A life once free, now confined: a cruel transformation from open waters to sterile glass. The ocean’s expanse is gone, replaced by harsh lights and the scent of slaughter. Brothers and sisters consumed, and soon, there will be no escape. The storm swells unseen, and the hunt is inevitable. Memories of youth flicker: claws unbound, a world untainted…but the present tightens its grip. The cycle repeats, the days slip away, and none will ever be yours.
Amsterdam’s deceptively named The Dark Wave undrapes their latest single, One of These Days, a catchy haze of fatalism, flare, and fire, out now via Walboomers Music. Formed in 2019 from the remnants of Dutch indie stalwarts Von Veh, Presence of Mind, and Flemming, the band found fresh momentum in 2023 when Luimstra of April Afternoon stepped in, bringing his spectral croon and sharp pen to the fold. This year, they unveil their debut EP, their sound echoing through clubs across the Netherlands and Belgium.
Remko Schouten shapes One of These Days into a heady mix of Britpop bravado and neon nostalgia, a tune that sways between the sharp sneer of Space and Pulp, the restless power-pop post-punk shimmer of Split Enz, and the golden glow of doo-wop harmonies flickering at the edges. It winks, it aches, it glows like a streetlamp on a wet night.
Jelmer Luimstra stands still in the current, cast as a lobster drifting in the cold clarity of a restaurant tank, waiting for hands to reach in, waiting for the water to ripple, waiting for the inevitable. The song hums low at first, breath held, tension tightening like a wire. Then, the break: synths flood in, melody lunges forward, and the chorus clings like salt air. It lingers, it loops, it haunts the silence that follows, an echo of something that once had nowhere to go but up.
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