Troy Payne, Founder and Lead Vocalist of the Wake

Post Punk band hailing from Columbus, Ohio, The Wake released their latest album called Perfumes and Fripperies on Blaylox Records.  I spoke to Troy Payne, one of the founding members of the Wake  which he founded with high school buddy and guitarist of the Wake, Rich Witherspoon in 1986.The Wake debuted their album Masked in 1993 via Cleopatra Records, "considered by many gothic rock fans as a landmark release" (Miranda Yardley, Terrorizer Magazine). Throughout their career, they have had many successful releases such as the memorable, "Sideshow,"  the AP Dance charting single, "Christine", "Nazarene" and "Nine Ways," just to name a few. The band joined tour-dates supporting US industrial pioneers Skinny Puppy (1988), and indie-folk/dreampop trio The Innocence Mission (1989) while The Wake’s own headline shows were renowned for causing mayhem: either filling local club venues well beyond capacity, or attracting the Fire Department when excessive use of smoke machines spilled out into the streets.Together with fellow bandmates bassist James Tramel, drummer Daniel C, Rich Witherspoon and Troy Payne, The Wake is positioned to help define a new decade of goth music with the release  of Perfumes and Fripperies, their first full-length album in nearly 25 years .Recorded over many months in different locations and various circumstances, the album will not disappoint long time fans and new fans.  Perfumes and Fripperies  has been called "both their best album to date" while also honoring their legacy  with themes like isolation, unrequited love, madness, multiple personality disorder, purgatory, loss, and regret – the album’s lyrical content is decidedly dark and introspective and diverse.https://thewakeus.bandcamp.com/album/perfumes-and-fripperieshttps://www.facebook.com/thewakehttps://www.instagram.com/the_wake_us