Okay, so let's get one thing out of the way right from the start of this post. I know I’m using the term “New Wave” very loosely to describe this collection of songs.
Music purists will argue to the death that half - or most - of the bands I've included aren't truly part of the New Wave genre.
They are right, and I'm okay being completely wrong.
You might know prior to starting Spooky Little Halloween, I lived in the music world as a blogger. And here's the thing about music genres: they're a bunch of marketing crap.
Yes, it's convenient to group together like bands, slap a label on them and point to their music as defining a movement. But I also think a lot of genres and subgenres were once made up in the heads of rock critics who needed a clever way to describe the hot new band they were required to write about.
So when I say New Wave, it's more of a sound I'm after than genre accuracy.
Okay, enough music snob chatter - let's listen to some spooky tunes.
Halloween New Wave
If Spotify is not your preferred method for streaming music, here is the complete playlist so you can create it yourself:
What song would you add to the playlist?
Share it in the comments, and you just might see it added to the playlist! On Spotify? Follow the playlist here.
And if you're looking for more music, be sure to check out the playlist section of the blog. My 100+ songs with witchy vibes playlist is a BIG TIME favorite on Pinterest these days.
