Mourning Candle
@mourningcandle
Nashville-based darkwave duo. 🎶 Sensually spooky with a touch of malice.🕯️🦇 Leslie Benson @lesliebenson.bsky.social (Vocals/Lyrics) + Anson Taylor @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social (Guitar/Songwriting).
Asheville - See you in 2 weeks! Our next show is on Sat. July 25! Catch Mourning Candle w/ Feyleux & Circuit Preacher at 27 Club: 180 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC. 8:30PM Doors. 9PM Show. 21+. $15. Presented by #MorbidClassEntertainment. Ticket link in bio. #darkwave #postpunk #goth #industrial
Darkwave fans: We’re playing our first headlining show in Birmingham, AL, on Saturday, Aug 22, 2026 at @truestorybrew with @domesticatrix_industrial_noise & @nobodies_atl. 7PM Doors | 8PM Show. 18+. $15. Presented by Secret Shadow Productions. See you there! #goth #darkwave #industrial
🦇UPCOMING 2026 MOURNING CANDLE SHOWS🦇 Sat. July 25 - Asheville, NC | 27 Club Fri. Aug. 7 - Indianapolis, IN | Healer DIY Sat. Aug. 22 - Birmingham, AL | True Story Fri. Oct. 2 - Nashville, TN | Drkmttr 🎟️ Tickets: linktr.ee/mourningcand... #goth #darkwave #livemusic
Want an MC tee? Order your official merch on MourningCandle.com! Sizes: S, M, L, XL & on-demand special order 2XL+. All t-shirts are soft, high-quality Bella+Canvas prints hand-made by our songwriter & guitarist Anson of Midnight Coyote Printing. 🖤🦇 mourningcandle.bigcartel.com/products
We’re one month away from our next show, Sat. July 25 in Asheville, NC! 🦇🎶 Catch Mourning Candle w/ @feyleux.bsky.social & Circuit Preacher at 27 Club. 8:30PM Doors. 9PM Show. 21+. $15. #MorbidClassEntertainment 🎟️ www.facebook.com/share/18kmGk... 📸 @cunningphoto #darkwave #goth
We made it back home to Nashville from our first-ever tour stop in Dayton, Ohio last Saturday 6/20/26. Thanks to everyone who came to support the show! We love you! 💜🦇🎶 📸 @cunningphoto #goth #darkwave #bycandlelighttour #mourningcandle
DAYTON, OHIO – SEE YOU SATURDAY! Darkwave fans, join us June 20 for live music with Mourning Candle, Heat Ray, Catacomb Kindred, and All Hallowed at Cosmo Joe’s. $10. 18+. 7PM Doors. FB Event Link: www.facebook.com/share/1Bi67X... #bycandlelighttour2026 #mourningcandle #goth #darkwave
Thank you to everyone who celebrated World Goth Day with us! We were delighted to perform with our friends God In Rehab and OUDi, and our special guest Jamee Jordan on EWI. Huge thanks to The East Room for hosting us. What an amazing show! 🤩🙌 Love you all! 🖤🕯️ #goth #darkwave #mourningcandle
Come celebrate #WorldGothDay early with Mourning Candle, OUDi & God In Rehab on Thurs. May 21 at The East Room, 2412 Gallatin Ave Nashville, TN! Doors 7:30PM | Show 8PM. $15. 18+. See you there! www.ticketweb.com/event/god-in...
Save The Catio cat rescue in Nashville! Adopt: www.petfinder.com/member/us/tn... Donate: gofund.me/2f7511484 📸 @jaysimage | @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social #catrescue #catio #nashville #mourningcandle #goth #darkwave
A warm thanks to the amazingly talented HN James of Punk Rock Photography for capturing this moment at our recent Fascination Street show at The East Room in Nashville on 4/24/26! 💜
They played our song “NOS4A2” at the Vampire Ball 2026!🩸 | Nashville, TN 🦇 #goth #vampire #gothclub #nos4a2 #mourningcandle
🦇 SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT! 🦇 We’re excited to share that Mourning Candle will perform with @feyleux.bsky.social & Dead Cool at 27 Club, 180 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC on July 25. Doors 8:30PM. 21+. $15. Presented by #MorbidClassEntertainment. #goth #darkwave #postpunk #bycandlelighttour2026
🦇 Thanks to everyone who joined us at The East Room on 4/24/26 for the concert, featuring the amazingly talented Feyleux and Stacian! Thanks again to DJs John Ichabod Anderson, Nathanas, Heather and the Fascination Street crew for welcoming us back to their lair. 🦇🖤
Mourning Candle at The East Room in Nashville 4/24/26. 🕯️🦇🖤 More tour dates coming up soon! @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social 🎸 @lesliebenson.bsky.social 🎙️ 📸 Josh Loney
Just @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social of Mourning Candle defying gravity… 🔥 📸 Josh Loney, 4/24/26 - The East Room
Mourning Candle at The East Room 4/24/26. 🕯️🦇🖤 @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social 🎸 @lesliebenson.bsky.social 🎙️ 📸 Josh Loney
See you on tour! 🕯️🎶 🦇THURS 05.21 NASHVILLE @ THE EAST ROOM W/ GOD IN REHAB + OUDI 🦇SAT 06.20 DAYTON, OH @ COSMO JOE’S ATOMIC LOUNGE 🦇SAT 07.25 ASHEVILLE, NC @ 27 CLUB 🦇FRI 08.07 INDIANAPOLIS, IN @ HEALER DIY 🦇SAT 08.22 BIRMINGHAM, AL @ TRUE STORY #ByCandlelightTour2026 #mourningcandle #goth
“Watch them fall apart, rip a piece from my heart. Let them crash and burn, as the pages turn. Now is the time to be brave.” - @lesliebenson.bsky.social, Mourning Candle 🎙️🕯️ 📸 Doctor BeepBoop @jttaylor.bsky.social #mourningcandle #livemusic #goth #darkwave
Thank you to everyone who supported our show with Feyleux and Stacian at The East Room last night, and thanks to DJs Ichabod, Baron & the staff of Fascination Street for hosting us!
We can’t wait to see you on the road! 🖤🦇🎶🕯️ #goth #darkwave #mourningcandle #bycandlelighttour2026
Darkwave fans! 🦇 Don’t miss our show with @feyleux.bsky.social and Stacian on Friday, April 24 at The East Room, Nashville, TN, presented by Fascination Street! 8PM Doors | 9PM Show | 18+. Tickets: $12 ADV / $16 DOS. www.ticketweb.com/event/fascin... #goth #darkwave #mourningcandle #feyleux
Clip of our fan favorite song from 2025, “Sycophants,” available on Bandcamp and all music platforms! #mourningcandle #goth #darkwave #bycandlelighttour2026 #cobranashville
The moment the whiskey hits…. @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social #mourningcandle #goth #darkwave #bycandlelighttour2026 #cobranashville
Clip of our new single, “Heroes and Villains,” available now on Bandcamp and all music platforms! 🎙️ @lesliebenson.bsky.social 🎸 @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social #mourningcandle #goth #darkwave #bycandlelighttour2026 #cobranashville
Thank you to everyone who attended our Cobra Nashville show last night!🕯️🦇💜 A huge thanks to Julia Doom of Secret Shadow Productions for putting this show together, and much love to the other amazing artists, Jelani Rose & The Other LA. 🎶 #goth #darkwave #postpunk #metal 📸 @taraf1009