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Joy Division s combination of weighty themes and raw, brooding music has impacted on the imagination of countless listeners since 1979 when Unknown Pleasures was released. The songs which make up Unknown Pleasures are dark and powerful morose and menacing in both their composition and lyrical content. We Were Strangers, with its eclectic mix of narrative styles, forms and voices, delivers a thoughtful, absorbing and intense response almost 40 years on. The stories range from the bleak and sinister to the moving and thrilling, much like the songs on the.