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A Dance Between Hope and Heartbreak — Berlin-based Darkwave Artist Skelesys Debuts New Single “Golden Eyes”

now you’re gone
memories remain
I still have the knife in me

Longing is that exquisite torment—caught in the no-man’s-land between hope and heartbreak. It’s grasping at shadows of something once radiant, only to feel it slip away like water through your hands. The mind spins its tales of what might have been, while the heart stubbornly refuses to release its grip on a fading dream. It’s that cruel balance of wanting what’s gone and knowing that each grasp only deepens the ache. You find yourself holding onto a fleeting moment, even as it dissolves, unable to decide whether to mourn its loss or cherish its memory just a little longer.

The new single from Skelesys, Golden Eyes, wraps its grief around this particular limbo. The lyrics express a longing for a past love and the bittersweet memories that remain. The song’s protagonist recalls cherished moments and the feeling of both excitement and fear of trying again. They wonder if they’ll ever see the “golden eyes” of their lost love again, grappling with the pain of a final goodbye under a blue moon and the lingering emotional wound.

“Golden Eyes is a journey through the fragile moments where love and loss intertwine,” says the artist. “It’s a story of longing, of the bittersweet dance between hope and heartbreak. There’s hope and nostalgia in the melody, and I think people can relate to that feeling of holding on to something beautiful, even as it slips away.”

Golden Eyes spins a smoky spell, a mix of 80s post-punk punch, synth-pop swagger, and goth’s cool, shadowy charm, with a side of 90s alt-rock grit. It channels the dark pulse of Depeche Mode’s Black Celebration with a hint of Bauhaus’ bleak beauty, The The’s sharp-eyed insight, and the haunted howl of The Church. The melancholic melody lingers like a secret you shouldn’t have heard, a hook that hits with the sharpness of a well-honed blade. A rare find, it rolls in with the brightness of a summer anthem, but there’s a bite beneath—a bittersweet sting that lingers. Golden Eyes feels like a late-night confession; something that pulls you in close, even as it leaves you guessing, craving that next taste of trouble.

Listen to the song below. Or on your streaming service of choice here.

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Alice Teeple

Alice Teeple is a photographer, multidisciplinary artist, and writer. She is not in Tin Machine.

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