The Wake

Spanning the heyday of post-punk and indie pop, the Wake paired moody, melancholy songcraft with hooky songs sung in warmly desultory style by the band's leader Caesar. Early records like 1982's Harmony followed closely in the footsteps of New Order, then they blossomed into their own almost cheerfully melodic variant of the sound on 1985's Here Comes Everybody. They later moved from Factory Records to Sarah and grew even poppier, while at the same time becoming bolder lyrically. Their career hit a bump when the label folded, but they've regrouped for the occasional album (lik...