Love Will Tear Us Apart: Joy Division’s ‘Closer’ at 40
The life and death of an album that defined and abruptly ended an era.
Stine Omega
Stine is a Copenhagen-based vinyl collector, DJ and music-nerd. Her favorite genres include '60s Garage, '70s Punk, '80s New Wave, '90s and present day Indie rock. She started writing for Mini Music Critic in 2019.
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