XWave Radio » The Spoiled https://xwaveradio.org New Wave | Synthpop | Minimal | Post-punk | Industrial Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:39:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Swiss Dark Nights: The Spoiled – Living Ghosts https://xwaveradio.org/2025/04/swiss-dark-nights-the-spoiled-living-ghosts/ https://xwaveradio.org/2025/04/swiss-dark-nights-the-spoiled-living-ghosts/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2025 07:00:57 +0000 Monomane https://xwaveradio.org/?p=12259 The Spoiled - Living Ghosts

The Spoiled is an Italian modern darkwave band based around the solo work of Giovanni Santolla, combining industrial-inspired metallic percussion, distorted synths, hazy guitars, and ethereal vocals drawing from darkwave and shoegaze influences.

Living Ghosts marks an important chapter in The Spoiled’s self-exploration, serving as a direct follow-up to its debut album, Parasite. It reflects a reconciliation with the eerie anguish that defined its predecessor. Each track tells the story of a “living ghost,” delving into themes of loss, guilt, and the longing for redemption through introspective lyrics and a razor-sharp sound.

Entirely produced, arranged, composed, and performed by Giovanni Santolla, The Spoiled’s sophomore album is a love letter to the gloomy, melancholic, yet gut-wrenching atmospheres of early Nine Inch Nails and later works of The Soft Moon, while also drawing inspiration from Killing Joke and Suicide.

CD / Digital Album

]]> https://xwaveradio.org/2025/04/swiss-dark-nights-the-spoiled-living-ghosts/feed/ 0 Manic Depression Records: The Spoiled – Parasite https://xwaveradio.org/2016/08/manic-depression-records-the-spoiled-parasite/ https://xwaveradio.org/2016/08/manic-depression-records-the-spoiled-parasite/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2016 07:00:50 +0000 Monomane http://xwaveradio.org/?p=4099 The Spoiled - Parasite

The Spoiled is an Italian solo project founded in late 2015 by main producer, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist Giovanni Santolla.

Its musical framework is a mosaic of darkwave, noise rock, dark ambient and industrial combined with a deep love for surrealist and horror movies and Decadent literature.

Glacial drum machines, tribal percussions, chorused basses, distorted synths and ethereal vocals portray a claustrophobic yet melancholic journey through the deepest and darkest feelings of human being.

Digipack CD / Digital Album

]]> https://xwaveradio.org/2016/08/manic-depression-records-the-spoiled-parasite/feed/ 0 Manic Depression Records: The Spoiled – Ironshell EP https://xwaveradio.org/2016/03/manic-depression-records-the-spoiled-ironshell-ep/ https://xwaveradio.org/2016/03/manic-depression-records-the-spoiled-ironshell-ep/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2016 07:00:24 +0000 Monomane http://xwaveradio.org/?p=3712 The Spoiled - Ironshell

The Spoiled is an Italian solo project founded in late 2015 by main producer, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist Giovanni Santolla. Its musical framework is a mosaic of darkwave, noise rock, dark ambient and industrial combined with a deep love for surrealist and horror movies and Decadent literature.

Glacial drum machines, tribal percussions, chorused basses, distorted synths and ethereal vocals portray a claustrophobic yet melancholic journey through the deepest and darkest feelings of human being.

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