"But Lilah," you say, "how can darkwave stalwarts Clan of Xymox be part of new wave summer?" Well, after the gloomy danceable ethereality of Medusa, the band changed their name to Xymox and fused a bright strain of accessible new wave pop into their goth sound on Twist of Shadows. "Imagination" is one of the album's best (Anka Wolbert's tracks are always highlights) and turned into a pretty big hit with lots of airtime on MTV.
Fun Fact, because I've read all about this so you don't have to, this album also basically marked the end of Good Xymox. Ronny Moorings' controlling and egotistical tendencies were worsening and drove Pieter Nooten out of the band pretty quick. Anka Wolbert stayed for one more album before leaving after a fucked-up interaction with Ronny Moorings backstage before a concert. She hung up her bass and is now a web developer and I love that for her. In subsequent years Ronny Moorings has turned into something akin to the Goth Morrissey as he's tried to erase the other band members' contributions and claim full creative credit for everything. Yay!
