Aug 1, 2025
Golden Apes - Stranger (When I Left)
Berlin-based indie quartet Golden Apes releases a spiritual follow-up to “Travelling Strangers” with today’s new single, “Stranger (When I Left).” From the first notes, the track is instantly alluring, evoking some of my favorite dark wave artists of the ’80s. Four decades on, this sound is still very much alive—and I couldn’t be happier to hear such a fresh and powerful take on it. Driven by gritty guitars and sweeping dynamic shifts, the song channels the band’s early Goth rock roots—no coinc