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Leslie Benson
@lesliebenson.bsky.social
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Darkwave Vox/Lyrics - Mourning Candle 🕯️🎶 @mourningcandle.bsky.social | Admin @gothbats.bsky.social 🦇 | INFJ 🌈 💖 | SiouxsieLoafCat 🐈‍⬛ | Nashville, TN

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I’m really proud of this live album. 🥹💜🖤🎶

Mourning Candle 🕯️– Live from Fascination Street!

Limited Time • Name Your Own Price.🦇
 mourningcandle.bandcamp.com/album/live-f...

#BandcampFriday #BlackFriday #NewReleaseDay #NewMusic #mourningcandle #fascinationstreet #GothMusic #Darkwave #Nashville
Live from Fascination Street, by Mourning Candle
8 track album
mourningcandle.bandcamp.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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mourningcandle.bsky.social
💀 BLEAK FRIDAY - NEW MUSIC RELEASE! 💀

Mourning Candle 🕯️– Live from Fascination Street! Limited Time • Name Your Own Price.🦇
 
🔈 Download the live album on Bandcamp!
 
mourningcandle.bandcamp.com/album/live-f...

#BleakFriday #BandcampFriday #BlackFriday #NewRelease #newmusic #Goth #Darkwave
Live from Fascination Street, by Mourning Candle
8 track album
mourningcandle.bandcamp.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:21 AM
lesliebenson.bsky.social
Pre-show fit. 🖤🦇

#goth #pvc #gothnight #vinyl
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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mourningcandle.bsky.social
Live footage of our new song “Little Miss Nobody” from our show last weekend opening for Sexual Purity at SLC Cobra Nashville, taken by our friends at Cassette Stress. 🎶🦇

🎙️ @lesliebenson.bsky.social
🎸 @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social

#goth #darkwave #livemusic #shelostcontrol #nashville #mourningcandle
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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mourningcandle.bsky.social
“You’re all going to die.” Live footage of our new song “Submit” from last weekend at SLC Cobra Nashville, taken by our friends at Cassette Stress. 🎶🦇

🎙️ @lesliebenson.bsky.social
🎸 @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social

#goth #darkwave #livemusic #shelostcontrol #nashville #mourningcandle
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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nickmclaren.com
My first app is live on the iOS appstore! It's a professional A/B audio comparison tool for mixing engineers, mastering engineers, producers, and artists. If you make music, you may find this useful!

DIRECT LINK: apps.apple.com/app/id675531...
MORE INFO: mixmaster-ab.com
MixMaster A/B App - App Store
Download MixMaster A/B by Nicholas McLaren on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like MixMaster A/B.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
lesliebenson.bsky.social
I’m very proud of my dear friend, sound engineer and producer @nickmclaren.com (The Static Architect) of Static Studios for releasing this professional music mixing app! 🎶🦇🦾

Follow his socials and check out mixmaster-ab.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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mourningcandle.bsky.social
🕯️ AS BLEAK FRIDAY DESCENDS… 🕯️

💀 NAME YOUR PRICE. Limited Time • Special Release: Mourning Candle – Live from Fascination Street! 🦇

🚨Download the live album on Bandcamp this Friday at midnight!🚨
mourningcandle.bandcamp.com

#BlackFriday #BandcampFriday #GothMusic #Goth #Darkwave #LiveMusic
November 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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mourningcandle.bsky.social
We were honored to meet and open for the incredible Sexual Purity (Ukraine/Chicago), who wrapped up their tour with us at She's Lost Control at The Cobra Nashville last Saturday. They’re such incredibly nice and talented artists! #sexualpurity #sheslostcontrol #mourningcandle #darksynth

📸 LIB
November 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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mourningcandle.bsky.social
Thank you to DJs I Am Dark Heart and Orlok, and the SLC/Cobra crew, for including us in the show last Saturday! #goth #darkwave #slcnashville #slc #gothnight #gothclub #nashville #cobra #mourningcandle #livemusic

📸 LIB
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
lesliebenson.bsky.social
I hope everyone is having a wonderful Thanksgiving. I’m grateful for this alt/goth music community, for friends and family, and for free speech. 🖤🎶🎙️
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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mourningcandle.bsky.social
A special thanks to everyone who came to support Mourning Candle 🕯️for She's Lost Control at The Cobra Nashville last Saturday! 🖤🦇 #gothmusic #darkwave #livemusic #nashville
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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mourningcandle.bsky.social
Out Dec. 30th - Behind-the-music in-depth interview with Mourning Candle members @lesliebenson.bsky.social and @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social about the song “N0S4A2,” exclusively on Heavy Mental Breakdown Podcast @heavymusicpodcast, streaming on YouTube, Spotify and more! 🙌🎶🦇🕯️
November 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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mourningcandle.bsky.social
✨THIS SATURDAY, Nov. 22!✨ Catch headliners Sexual Purity (Ukraine) and Mourning Candle 🕯️ at The Cobra, 2511 Gallatin Ave, Nashville, TN! 🙌🎶
9PM Doors. 10:30PM Show. Get there early! 🦇 $17. 18+.

#darksynth #darkwave #slc #sexualpurity #mourningcandle

www.eventbrite.com/e/venue-shes...
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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mourningcandle.bsky.social
We’re just one week away from our show with Sexual Purity for She's Lost Control at Cobra Nashville! 🙌🎶🦇 10PM Doors. 10:30PM Show. Mourning Candle 🕯️hits the stage first. See you there!

🎟️ Tickets - $12 ADV. $17 DOS. 18+.
www.eventbrite.com/e/venue-shes...
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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mourningcandle.bsky.social
Happy Birthday to @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social of Mourning Candle! 🕯️🎂🕯️

📸 Ray Rose Photography
November 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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mourningcandle.bsky.social
We can’t wait to hit the stage again in less than 2 weeks! 🙌🎶 Tickets are available for our upcoming show with Sexual Purity for She’s Lost Control at The Cobra Nashville! 🦇 10PM Doors. 10:30PM Show.

🎟️ Tickets - $12 ADV. $17 DOS. 18+.
www.eventbrite.com/e/venue-shes...

📸 @raysin_brand

#darkwave
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
lesliebenson.bsky.social
Thanks to Bold Journey magazine for the interview about music, my band @mourningcandle.bsky.social 🕯️, healing and community.

Read the article: boldjourney.com/meet-leslie-...

#goth #womeninmusic #nashville

📸 Ray Rose Photography
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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mourningcandle.bsky.social
Tickets are now available for our show Nov. 22 with Sexual Purity at The Cobra Nashville!

🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/venue-shes...
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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mourningcandle.bsky.social
🚨SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 - We can’t wait to open for Sexual Purity and make our She's Lost Control debut! See you at 9pm on Saturday, Nov. 22 at Cobra Nashville! 🦇🎶 Let’s get feral!!

#goth #darkwave #darksynth #livemusic #sexualpurity #sheslostcontrol #slcnashville #mourningcandle #cobranashville
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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mourningcandle.bsky.social
Thanks for all the love of our single, “N0S4A2!”

mourningcandle.bandcamp.com/track/n0s4a2

#Goth #GothMusic #DarkWave #DarkSynth #GothStyle #GothCulture #GothVibes #PostPunk #DarkScene #n0s4a2
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
lesliebenson.bsky.social
This time of year, the veil is thin. We can feel the connection with the other side… those who have gone before us. Hold your loved ones close to your heart as you remember them. They may just visit you in a dream to check in… - Leslie, @mourningcandle.bsky.social 🕯️

📸 Ray Rose Photography 🥀
November 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
lesliebenson.bsky.social
Feralween is over, but we stay spooky all year long! 🦇🖤💜
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
lesliebenson.bsky.social
One of the best metal bands in Nashville - @flummoxband.bsky.social! We had such a fun time at their MonsterThrash II show last weekend! 🙌🔥🔥

#flummox #metal #livemusic #nashville #eastsidebowl
November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
lesliebenson.bsky.social
Our friends in @deadalivemetal.bsky.social played a fantastic show for MonsterThrash II last weekend at Eastside Bowl! 🙌🦇☠️

📸 LIB

#deadalive #metal #countscapula #eastsidebowl #livemusic #nashville #halloween
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM