Back to the 1990s I go - Corpus Delicti live
Late to my own birthday party. Sort of. At the end of February I went to Bristol to see Corpus Delicti live - something I’d never imagined I’d get to do. You’re asking ‘Who?’, aren’t you? They’re a French goth/postpunk band who formed, released three blisteringly good albums, then split, all in the 90s. Then in 2020* they reformed and started making music again, including last year’s also blisteringly good album Liminal . What’s more, they started touring as well. I try not to drag Mr Robot to too many goth things as he’s not into the music, but this was Corpus Delicti, dammit, and playing in Bristol the day after I turned 52, so we were jolly well going. I couldn’t be doing with dressing up too much - velvet jeans, satin vest top and my me-made satin-edged devoré kimono, all black, plus hiking boots because of my bad back (it wasn’t playing up, and I wanted to keep it that way). The outfit did the job, and writing it down it sounds fancier than it felt; goth styles can be very o...
