Our single “NOS4A2” just hit over 10K views on Spotify! 🩸🧛‍♀️ ⚰️ We’re humbled by your support! 💜THANK YOU!💜 🎶🎸 @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social 🎙️ 🖊️ @lesliebenson.bsky.social 🔊 📻 @nickmclaren.com #nos4a2 #mourningcandle #goth #darkwave #vampires

This Friday! @sinamatix.bsky.social x Mourning Candle featuring @lesliebenson.bsky.social 🎙️ and @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social 🎸 🕯️🎶🦇 New music out 01.23.26. Digital single drops on Bandcamp + all music platforms. #darkwave #darkelectro #goth #sinamatix #mourningcandle #newmusic #newrelease

Our single “NOS4A2” is almost at 10K views on Spotify! Let’s go! 🩸🔥 open.spotify.com/track/50OidX... 🎶🎸 @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social 🎙️ 🖊️ @lesliebenson.bsky.social 🔊 📻 @nickmclaren.com #nos4a2 #mourningcandle #goth #darkwave #vampires

“Who here likes to suck blood?” 🩸 - @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social, Mourning Candle 🕯️ #nos4a2 #mourningcandle #goth #darkwave #vampires

Happy 1 year to our first single, “Never!” youtu.be/QpSQejvDO7s?... #mentalheathmatters #synthpop #darkwave #goth #mourningcandle

Thanks to DJ Wildhoney for including our new single, “Harbinger,” on DARK SIGNS 076 - 15 JANUARY 2026 Podcast: www.mixcloud.com/darksigns/da... #goth #darkwave #newmusic #djwildhoney #mourningcandle

Thanks to Darkenin Heart 💜 for this fun interview! #80s #goth #darkeninheart #mourningcandle #darkwave www.darkeninheart.com/2026/01/mour...

Excited to play with y’all!

Thanks to Alex Freeman of #RhetoricRabbitHole for the awesome interview and hangout tonight! Our episode will be out in a couple weeks. Stay tuned! @lesliebenson.bsky.social and @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social, Mourning Candle

Can’t wait for this show! 🙌

And this is why I love Bandcamp! “Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp.” stereogum.com/2485199/band...

Just Announced! Artoffact Records' Bootblacks and The Discussion perform on Sat. March 7 at The Cobra Nashville with support from locals Mourning Candle 🕯️ and General Trust. 7PM | 21+ | $15 See you there. #livemusic #darkwave #postpunk #nashville 🎟️ Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/venue-boot...

YESferatu. 🩸🥀 - @lesliebenson.bsky.social 🎙️

We caught up with friends over the weekend at #FascinationStreet #gothnight in Nashville for Bowie Night. 🥰 Positivity and friendly faces all around. I can’t believe it’s already been 10 years since David Bowie left this world to finally become the eternal Starman we miss so much. ✨

Thank you to Extreminal Metal Magazine (Turkey) for including “Harbinger” on your alternative playlist! 🎧 open.spotify.com/playlist/2Yk... #NewRelease #metal #darkwave #goth #mourningcandle

Tickets are available now for our April 8th show at Cobra Nashville with The Other LA and Jelani Rose! www.eventbrite.com/e/venue-the-... #goth #darkwave #postpunk #livemusic #nashville

Tribute video by Jacob Kyle Minze of Secret Society of Goths of our new Mourning Candle song, “Harbinger!” 🕯️🦇🖤🎶 youtube.com/shorts/LuBn4... #harbinger #mourningcandle #ssu #ssog #gothmusic

Hell yes! 🙌

Thanks to everyone who has supported our new single, “Harbinger!” Download it on Bandcamp or your favorite music streaming service. 🦇🎶 mourningcandle.bandcamp.com/track/harbin... #harbinger #mourningcandle #ssu #ssog #gothmusic

Thank you SO much! 🦇🖤

We’re honored to be named No. 1 on this week’s Secret Society Underground Top 5 playlist with our first new single of the year, “Harbinger.” 🖤🦇🕯️ open.spotify.com/playlist/4aI... #goth #gothmusic #darkwave #mourningcandle #ssog #newmusic #ssu

This year is already at an exciting start! ✨ 🦇NEW MUSIC: Our 4th single, “Harbinger,” is on Bandcamp. 🦇COLLAB: We’re releasing our 1st collab with Sina Matix on Jan. 23. 🦇SHOWS: We’ll be supporting an incredible post-punk band when they play at The Cobra on March 7. 🎶☠️ GRATEFUL🥹 📸 Ray Rose

Really appreciate the love from all the DJs, ‘zines and fans for our new single, “Harbinger!” Today’s episode by Synthentral is worth a listen! 🎧 🦇🖤🎶 hearthis.at/synthentral/... #Synthpop #ElectroPop #Futurepop #DarkElectro #EBM #Industrial #DarkSynth #PostPunk #Darkwave #Coldwave #NewWave #Goth

“Rooted in goth-electro but sharpened with industrial rock edges, Harbinger fuses pulse and protest into something volatile and necessary.” - Darkenin Heart on our new single, “Harbinger.” 🕯️🎶🦇 www.darkeninheart.com/2026/01/harb... #mourningcandle #goth #NewRelease #harbinger #darkwave

A huge thanks to @darktunes.com of Germany for including our new Mourning Candle single, “Harbinger,” on your female-fronted playlist! open.spotify.com/playlist/76g... #metal #darkwave #goth #NewRelease #mourningcandle

“Gothic metal …about the current socioeconomic context. A beautiful combination.” -Roadie Metal, A Voz do Rock about our fourth single, “Harbinger.”🕯️ We put a ton of heart into this one. 🖤 @lesliebenson.bsky.social @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social @nickmclaren.com roadie-metal.com/mourning-can... #goth

🦇We’re excited to announce our first show of the year! Mark your calendar for Wed. April 8 at The Cobra Nashville, 2511 Gallatin Ave. 7PM Doors. 8PM Show. ‪🥀 🎶‬ Mourning Candle 🕯️will hit the stage with Jelani Rose and The Other LA. Show produced by Julia Doom. $10. 21+. #livemusic #goth #darkwave

News: Fourth single release from Mourning Candle presents heavy and confrontational take on societal injustice and historical trauma regenmag.com/news/news-fo...

A huge thank you to @regenmag.bsky.social for including our new single, “Harbinger,” in today’s news! regenmag.com/news/news-fo... #goth #harbinger #darkwave #mourningcandle #NewRelease

Thanks to @analoguetrash.com for reviewing our new single! “There’s no doubting the suspense and fire in the arrangement of ‘Harbinger,’ as electro-gothic synths and industrial rock guitars are combined within the dimensions of darkwave.” www.analoguetrash.com/blog/mournin... #goth #darkwave

Thanks to @analoguetrash.com for adding us to your playlist: "Adventures in #Electropunk!” 🎶💜🦇

I’m a musician but a music fan first! 🎶🦇 Here’s some of the bands I saw perform in 2025

Thanks to everyone who supported Mourning Candle in 2025. 🕯️Wishing you all the best in 2026! 🖤🦇 📸 Ray Rose Photography

Our new single, “HARBINGER,” is out now! Happy NYE! 🌟 mourningcandle.bandcamp.com/track/harbin... 🎙️ 🖊️ @lesliebenson.bsky.social 🎸 🎹 @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social 🔊 Mix/Master/Production @nickmclaren.com #newmusicrelease #NewReleaseDay #newmusic #mourningcandle #Goth #darkwave #harbinger #bandcamp

New Mourning Candle single, “HARBINGER,” drops NYE on all major music platforms, including Bandcamp and more! 🌟 🎙️ 🖊️ Vox/Lyrics: @lesliebenson.bsky.social 🎸 🎹 Songwriting/Guitar: @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social 🔊 Mix/Master/Prod: @nickmclaren.com #NewRelease #NewMusic #mourningcandle #Goth #darkwave

Some songs to pump you up for tonight's festivities! 🥳 💗 Happy New Year! 🎆🎶 #80s #NewWave #80sNewWave #NYE open.spotify.com/playlist/696...

🩸”NOS4A2” Behind-the-Music Out Now! Watch the in-depth interview featuring Mourning Candle about the song “NOS4A2,” with Matthew Vinaja of Heavy Mental Breakdown on YouTube! youtu.be/1lnh_0QGL-Q?... #behindthemusic #darkwave #goth #mourningcandle #behindthesong #lyrics #NOS4A2 #interview

We love you! 💜🎶🖤 www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oAV... #MourningCandle #Sycophants #MusicVideo #Goth #Darkwave

We just need 8 more views to get over 1,000. Will you help us? - @mourningcandle.bsky.social 🕯️ 🥹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oAV...

Thanks to #NashvilleVoyager for the interview about navigating a still male-dominated music industry and defending lyricism and vocals as powerful instruments in their own right. 💪 🎶 Read article: nashvillevoyager.com/interview/co... #WomeninMusic #NashvilleMusic #Darkwave 📸 Photo by Ray Rose

Head over to our @mourningcandle Instagram page to watch our post-show reflections and news for the coming year.🕯️🎶 Thanks to @hank.sinatra.13 for the interview at our She’s Lost Control show last November at Cobra Nashville!

Out Tuesday, Dec. 30th - Behind-the-music in-depth interview with Mourning Candle members @lesliebenson.bsky.social and @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social about the song “N0S4A2,” exclusively with Matthew Vinaja of Heavy Mental Breakdown (@heavymusicpodcast), streaming on YouTube, Spotify and more!

Just 3 days until we release our new Mourning Candle single, “Harbinger!” You’re going to want to hear @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social’s guitar solo on this one! 🙌🎶🦇 📸 @hank.sinatra.13

Merry Everything to my Bsky friends! 🎄💜

We wrapped our 2025 live performances up recently at Cobra Nashville on 11/22/25 for She’s Lost Control. Thanks to everyone who came out to support us! Next year will be bigger, louder, and wilder. See you then! 🔥🕯️ 📸 Gabriel Camacho #LiveMusic #GothMusic #Goth #Darkwave #Nashville

Those moments when I connect with you in the audience give me life. 🖤 It’s an incredibly humbling and emotional experience. I feel you. I see you. Thank you for sharing these moments with me. ✨ - @mourningcandle.bsky.social 🕯️ 📸 @hank.sinatra.13

✨ Recording Day! ✨ We’re working on a special Sina Matix x Mourning Candle collaborative song called “Nightmare” - out in 2026! Can’t wait for you to hear the final song! 🕯️🦇🎶 @sinamatix.bsky.social x @lesliebenson.bsky.social @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social

🦇Bat Sighting!🦇 Admin Krafty Kat and Leslie of @gothbats.bsky.social with Aeryn and Matt Corlew of Plush Daddy at the Nashville Punk Flea Market. #nashvillepunkfleamarket #npfm #punk #goth #gothbats #nashvillemusic

“Hard (When I Go)” from Mourning Candle - “Live from Fascination Street,” now available on Bandcamp. mourningcandle.bandcamp.com/album/live-f... Recorded 10/11/25 at Fascination Street, The East Room, Nashville, TN. 🎥 Matt Jones #goth #darkwave #gothmusic #livemusic

💀BANDCAMP FRIDAY - LAST CALL💀 It’s your last chance to Name Your Price and claim Mourning Candle’s “Live from Fascination Street.” After tonight, the album’s price will be set in stone.🦇 mourningcandle.bandcamp.com/album/live-f... 🖤Thanks for the love!🖤 #BandcampFriday #GothMusic #Goth #Darkwave