ACL 2016: Music for Haunted Houses

Halloween is just around the corner, which means it’s time for A Closer Listen‘s first wrap-up chart of 2016! 2016 was a particularly good year for dark music, as these selections are culled from a list many times their size.  The

Various Artists ~ The Quietened Bunker

The album begins with the sound of a clock ~ perhaps the Doomsday Clock ~ and John Carpenter synths.  The world is about to end as the Russians and Americans fire their missiles at each other.  The air sirens sound,