WL//WH Weekly Post-Punk / Darkwave / Dark Synth Tips

• San Francisco-based dream pop/post-punk/coldwave project Sara Stuttgart “Asylum” from the new album “Way Out”
  

Finally, the debut album for the Bay Area relocated project, that never like this time lets melancholic and somber melodies subtly emerge from the thickest droning clouds of reverb and distortion, blurred and smeared into immersively hazy, cold, yet sparkling enveloping soundscapes balancing dense and evocative instrumental layers, fragile aloof vocals with lo-fi allure to perfection, weaving something both hauntingly enticing and crushingly sad.

• Swedish electronic/post-punk/synthpop/darkwave duo from Sundsvall, RED MECCA “The New Way” new single on Massproduktion
  

A great week from Sweden, besides the long-awaited new album by beloved veterans Twice A Man, and the brilliant new single by newcomers Diamond Is Forever, Jan Strandqvist and Susanne Jonsson preview the forthcoming 5th album with the deep moody and angsty dark allure of “The New Way”, drenched in bleak ominous bassline buzz exude melancholic melodies over soaring frozen synth bleeds, distorted detached, drifting vocals, and piercing abrasive guitar reverberations to form a mesmerizing ear-bliss listening experience.

• Budapest electro/synthwave DIY solo project LAZERPUNK “Virus” from the upcoming EP “Covenant”
  

Hungarian producer reacts to the Corona Virus crisis with unabating bold synthetic energy and 100% solidarity. Unremitting buzzing bassline’s hypnotic allure builds, along with punchy kicks and lashing beats, layers of treacherous danger, pierced by eerily icy twinkling synth melodies, as robotic female vocalizations reveal “Warning Decontamination” over flustered male replies, “I’m almost ready” in a sign of the times dance-inducing banging meltdown.

• Rotterdam‘s 80’s lo-fi/new wave/dreamwave/synth project of Sacha Vingerhoeds and friends (part of ARTS collective), aka SASKIA “My Lips Get Hot” from the 12″ vinyl reissue of 2-track “Eeuwig Op Reis” tape (very limited private cassette released in 1983 in 10 copies) on STROOM.tv
  
• Brussels electronica/synthwave/synthpop duo SAUVAGE “Breakfast At T’s” new single
  
• Bellport, New York crust punk/goth/post-punk band AUSTERE MOON “Revolution comes like a storm” from the new single “Days of Pestilence”
  
• Italian post-punk trio from Pesaro, SOVIET SOVIET ‘Fade Away’ from the upcoming EP ‘Ghost EP+ Remix’ on Coypu Records
  
• Liverpool, UK indie/new wave/post-punk 4-piece OH WELL, GOODBYE “Insignificance” new single on Edils Recordings
  
• Australian post-punk/synthpop project of multi-instrumentalist Rory Maxwell from Naarm/Melbourne, SERF “Radiation” from his forthcoming debut album “All You Need In Life Is Someone To Love And Your Family”.
  
• Hamilton, UK goth/darkwave project of Lea Torn, THE SECRET EXPERIMENT “Let Me In” from the new EP “Contemplation”
  
• French darkwave/post-punk solo project CORSO “Le lai des noces chimiques du Pian della Mussa” from the EP “Doll lost”
  
• Geelong-born punk foursome Vintage Crop “Gridlock” off the upcoming new full-length album “Serve to Serve Again” due out August via Anti Fade Records (Australia) and Upset the Rhythm (UK/Europe).
  
• Albuquerque, New Mexico goth/post-punk/darkwave solo project (aka The Endless), Slow Danse With The Dead “Just Another Tragedy” new single
  
• American/Austrian darkwave/post-punk/new wave trio lead by Austrian experimentalist Justin Curfman, Feeding Fingers – “Goodbyes That Last for Years” new single
  
• NYC-based synth-punk/EBM trio Ces Cadáveres “Don’t Escape From Death” off upcoming first cassette EP “Cuerpos Monstruosos” via Berlin label Detriti Records.
  
• Montreal, Quebec synthpop/synth-punk artist Laura Krieg “Tout s’effondre tout va bien” from “Tout va bien tout va mal” Split EP with Besatzung
  
• San Francisco, Ca darkwave/synthpop/new wave duo WIDDENDREAM “Everlasting” from the new EP “Wave of Silence” soon on vinyl 12″ via Kernkrach Schallplatten
  
• Dresden-born, Berlin-based post-punk/dark synth electro-wave artist Jennifer Touch “Daria” from the debut album “Behind The Wall” on FatCat Records
  
• French synth-driven machine vocalist performer MADMOIZEL ‘La Noche’ (David P cover) from the album “Intersection III” on TONN RECORDINGS
  
• Philadelphia‘s new wave/synth-pop duo KORINE “Fate” from the forthcoming sophomore album “The Night We Raise” on Born Losers Records (US) and Data Airlines (FR)
  
• Saint Petersburg/Kazan lo-fi /synthwave /synth-pop artist Stereopolina [СТЕРЕОПОЛИНА] “Последнее свидание” from the album “Instrumental”
  
• New York synthpop/synthwave duo of Kent “Von” Hertzog and Rob Rowe, aka VHxRR – “Calm Down Lover” off “The Persistence of Memory” EP on Lakeshore Records
  
• Vienna-based indie/new wave/synthpop duo TENTS “Locker” new single on Numavi Records
  
• Kyiv, Ukraine based lo-fi/experimental/synthpop project of Odessa artist Viktor Konstantinov (aka Yoro King), aka Polje – “Человек Из Херсона (Kherson Stranger)” off new EP “Сум / Sorrow” on Worn Pop
  
• Cairo, Egypt darkwave/synthpop project of Moe Hani, aka Dirty Backseat “Nightmares” from the “Foolish Lover” EP on SLOVVDK
  
• London, UK dark minimal synth primitive electronic music project THIS IS THE BRIDGE “Entropy”                        
• Madrid based, Spanish synthpop/coldwave/darkwave trio VVV [TRIPPIN’YOU] “Cólera” off of the new collaborative EP with LUZ FUTURO “Cólera/Mi Sangre” on Helsinkipro                                                           
• Russian post-punk band Weed & Dolphins – “Heavy Rains” from the new single “Secrets // Heavy Rains”
  
• French dark coldwave /minimal synthwave solo project, ME AND A BOX “Les Subliminales”                                    
• Detroit, Mi based solo female industrial electro music project by E. Rohn, aka CHIASM feat. John Fryer “Away” new single on COP International                                                                                                   
• Italian no-wave/industrial/synth-punk artist Alberto Almas ‘?’ from forthcoming second album “Era Miseria” on Slimer Records
  
• Hildesheim, Germany future pop/synthpop duo Beyond Border (feat. Lis Van Den Akker) “The Damned Don´t Cry (album version)”
  
• French retro/synthpop/synthwave producer Mike Haunted “Little Light (feat. Chris KD)” new single
  
• Russian goth/darkwave/synth-pop duo from Moscow, Dance My Darling “Danse Là France” from the debut album “Apoda” on darkTunes
  
• Tampa, Florida-based industrial/synthwave/darkwave duo Gulf Blvd “House of Erebus” new single
  
• Palmira, Colombia EBM/synthwave/minimal wave solo project HUMAN 80 “Aufgeschobene gefahr” from the album “Schlecht”
  
• Italian dark electronic duo BLANK “Thanatosis” from the new album ”Drifting Slowly”.
  
• Moscow, Russia electronic/darkwave/synthpop duo thewalkingicon “III for the Past” new single
  
• Medellin, Colombia industrial/EBM act STRUCK 9 “Ritual Body Music (Shaman mix)”
  
• Denver, Co industrial/synthcore/EBM duo Blackcell “Burn the Ashes” title track from the new “Burn the Ashes” album
  
• Copenhagen, Denmark EBM/new beat/acid/electronic artist ALBERT SEVERIN “Impact” from the cassette EP “Athletics” on Detriti Records
  
• US gothic/underground project from Orland, CA. Mercury’s Butterfly “The Party” from “The Seventh Day” EP
  
• Colombian post-punk/darkwave duo from Antioquia, INSEPULTO “Encuentro Ocasional”
  
• Athens, Georgia goth/post-punk/deathrock band Tears for ʇhe Dying “Go Die” new single
  
• Mexican gothic rock/new wave/post-punk band HUECO “Red Devil” new single
  
• Florence, Italy post-punk 4-piece MORGANA “Stanchi” from debut “Demo 2020” EP
  
• Las Vegas, NV gothic rock duo Pitch After Dark “Trapped Inside” from S/T EP
  
• Russian post-punk outfit ТЭЦ [tezteztez] ‘ВСЁ СВЯЗАНО СО ВСЕМ’ new single on I’m Home Records
  
• Melbourne garage punk rock & roll 4-piece TONY DORK “Just Keep Walking” from the new album “Struggle Street” on Legless Records
  
• Brunswick, Australia noise pop/post-punk 5-piece Hooper Crescent “Logos” from the upcoming debut LP “Object Permanence” on Polaks Records
     
• Gothenburg, Sweden post-punk duo Diamond Is Forever “Eternity” new single                                                   
• Brighton, UK goth-wave/post-punk 4-piece Grasshopper “The Hand on the Knife” from debut LP “SCUTTLE”
  
• Kyiv, Ukraine ethnic/coldwave/post-punk solo project MORWAN ‘Khalida’ from the upcoming cassette EP ‘Ubila mogila’ on Detriti Records
  
• Russian post-punk/cold wave duo from Yekaterinburg, Фирма-однодневка [Firma-odnodnevka] ‘Любовное преступление’ from the cassette compilation ‘Промежуточный итог’ via HИИ tape records
  
• Bristol, UK goth-rock/post-punk band NAUT “Threads” from the new 7″ single “Threads / Hand in Hand”
  
• French New Wave/Post-Punk band from Montpellier, UNSPKBLE “Irreversible” from the vinyl 12″ EP “Friction” on Rejuvenation Records
  
• Rio De Janeiro, Brazil dark post-punk trio Herzegovina “In Danger” from the debut album “Emergency” on Wave Records
  
• Mogilev, Belarus coldwave/new wave/post-punk project Проспект Шмидта [Prospekt Shmidta] ‘Автопром’                                                                                                                                                                             
• Indianapolis shoegaze/post-punk solo project from Jeff Wilson (Chrome Waves, ex-Nachtmystium), DEEPER GRAVES “Ode To War” from the upcoming album “Open Roads” on Disorder Recordings
  
• Synthwave/Darkwave/Post Punk moniker of Italian musician Cristian HC Usai (Suture and Neomortoria), aka Love Of Consolation “Falling Apart” from the new EP “Distances”
  
• Paris, France shoegaze/post-punk/coldwave/new wave band GARDEN DYNAMICS “Stranding Life” from the new album “Mememto Mori”
  
• Gothenburg, Swedish dark ambient/electronic/synthwave/’warm wave’ trio (formerly Cosmic Overdose) since 1981, TWICE A MAN “Rain of Shame” from the new EP “On The Other Side Of The Mirror” on Xenophone International
  
• Oakland, CA post-punk/darkwave solo project PLEASURE POLICY “Heathens” new single                                   
• UK Post-Punk/Coldwave/Darkwave music and dark visual art solo project Bone Pixie “Virtual Castles”
  
• Wenatchee, Wa new wave/darkwave/post-punk solo project of Datura frontman David Betancourt, aka SHANX FM “Scarecrow” second single
  
• New Jersey‘s Dark Surf/Post-Punk duo Painters – “Peoples Ways” from the new EP “Non Linear”
  
• Nottingham, UK darkwave/post-punk/new wave 4-piece IN ISOLATION “Russian Doll” from the new EP “Shards”
  
• San Diego, Ca cinematic post-punk band (formerly Warsaw) featuring former and current members of Ilya, Kata, Goodbye Blue Monday, The Waterline Drift…, TULPA LUNA w/ Adam Gnade “Molly” off 2-track 7″ single
  
• Los Angeles/Berlin/Melbourne goth shoegaze/darkwave/post-punk band lead by Valentina Veil, VV & The Void “Sailin’On” (Bad Brains cover) from the forthcoming album later in the year on Cleopatra Records
  
• Bulgarian experimental coldpunk/postwave DIY band from Sofia, VOYVODA “Black Eyed Girl (on Plachkovitsa)” from the 4th album “Confessions of a Macedonian Bandit”
  
• Dallas, TX post-punk band fronted by Leah Lane, Rosegarden Funeral Party “Ghost of You ft. Aaron Mireles of Sub-Sahara” (Acoustic Version)