Joy Division - Closer
Closer is one of the most important albums to me. It was my first step to the realm of gothic rock, post-punk and new wave. I still remember the moment I heard Decades start playing from my friend’s cassette player. I was 12 years old and couldn’t comprehend that such music existed. It was the beginning of a long musical journey.
Joy Division has gotten more publicity lately with the new film and of course New Order is still publishing new material, so the legacy lives on today, but to me, Closer is the album that defines and embodies the essence of Joy Division. It is crude, hollow and straight like a punch. There’s combination of melancholy, hope and nihilism entwined with sense of purity and sacred.
Decades is perhaps the tune I’d play to people that would like to know, what makes Joy Division so special group. It is pure magic.
