{"id":2102,"date":"2025-03-12T15:44:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T06:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=2102"},"modified":"2025-04-01T09:27:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T00:27:53","slug":"the-essence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2025\/03\/12\/the-essence\/","title":{"rendered":"The Essence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is a Dutch band called The Essence. Just as bands like Camouflage and Cause &amp; Effect were like, &#8220;Shut up, we don&#8217;t sound like Depeche Mode! Depeche Mode sounds like us, so shut up or else!&#8221;, The Essence shares the same relationship with The Cure. If you didn&#8217;t know any better, you would have sworn that this is Robert Smith while listening. So listen to this or else you&#8217;re just not cool anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Cat&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Essence - The Cat (Music Video)\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o3msi5AmAJg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Only for You&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Essence - Only For You (Official Video)\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3utlsSbVSzs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Mirage&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Essence - Mirage (Official Video)\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DTLpkgKQIbE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The band isn&#8217;t a total ripoff, and the music is not derivative. No plagiarism, just similarity. The music is more post-punk than goth. Maybe a bit of a Creation Records feel to the music? And it&#8217;s not like the singer is doing the whole Robert Smith eye makeup thing either. I obtained their first album as mp3 format and burned it onto a CD to listen to in the car. I&#8217;ve been listening to it over and over for the past several days and I really like it a lot. It&#8217;s as if I&#8217;ve discovered some Cure albums I&#8217;d never heard before. I first discovered this band about a year ago as it showed up as a YouTube algorithm suggestion and I wish I had known this band 30+ years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a Dutch band called The Essence. Just as bands like Camouflage and Cause &amp; Effect were like, &#8220;Shut up, we don&#8217;t sound like Depeche Mode! Depeche Mode sounds like us, so shut up or else!&#8221;, The Essence shares the same relationship with The Cure. 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