11. Unto Others - "Never, Neverland"

With all the melancholy and moroseness of the music I listen to, it is very easy to forget that rock music is potentially at its heart about fun. You get caught up in all the soul-searching, navel-gazing and emotional wroughtness that you lose your perspective that this is about jumping around and just wallowing in the sheer enjoyment of music. Thankfully the American goth n’ roll pioneers Unto Others are at hand to rekindle our love of joyful music.

They have been promising to make a masterpiece since they emerged in 2017 as Idle Hands. This is it, this is their magnum opus. It is a brilliant treaty on the blissful brilliance of Goth rock. It is a jubilant ecstatic album that essentially answers what if Iron Maiden made a goth record or conversely what would a proper The Cure metal album would  sound like. Everything is big and anthemic, larger-than-life. So, for those just wanting to forget about everything and let brilliantly made songs foster a skip into their step, this is the album for you.