“Love Will Return in Another Way” — Polish Darkwavers Undertheskin Channel Kafka’s Doll in Video for “Exit | Wounds”

Warsaw-based coldwave project Undertheskin, led by Mariusz Łuniewski, released a video for their song “Exit | Wounds,” which explores themes of loss and transformation inspired by Franz Kafka’s parable about a child’s lost doll. The track reimagines Kafka’s concept that love returns altered by distance and pain rather than restored to its original form. Musically, the darkwave composition blends influences reminiscent of Clan of Xymox and Depeche Mode, featuring stern bass lines and synths that frame Łuniewski’s measured vocals as he describes emotional devastation through imagery of broken glass and burial. Lyrically, the song treats grief as cyclical rather than singular, a recurring state where loss becomes shared terrain between two people. Director Rytis Titas crafted a black-and-white video featuring Łuniewski and Jovita Łuniewska, using superimposed bodies and glass shards to create a haunting visual metaphor for emotional fragmentation and the refracted nature of pain.

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