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

Weekly Post-Punk / Darkwave / Dark Synth Tips #5 

  • Russian ambient / neo-classical / dark folk solo project (also NMDA), LIFELESS “Haruspex”                                  
  • Melbourne-via-Berlin electronic darkwave artist V “NOT READY 4 THIS” from forthcoming album “So Pure” on Dero Arcade                                                                                                                                                            
  • Colombian goth post-punk / deathrock band from Bogotà, SOMBRAS ‘Exiliados’ first single from the upcoming debut LP                                                                                                                                                   
  • Macedonian agit-prop/post punk/synth-pop band, Bernays Propaganda “Retki bilki” new single on Balkan Veliki                                                                                                                                                                               
  • Ringön, Sweden garage / post-punk / punk 4-piece SHAKING HEADS “Run Away” from Split 7″ Single with Ein Zwei Die                                                                                                                                                                  
  • UK Post Punk/Dark Alternative band from the Isle of Man, Slow Decay “Ghosts” (2017)                                     
  • Bruges, Belgium new wave / dream pop / post-punk band SUNFLOWER “Kosmonaut I” from their debut EP ‘’The Spiders We Caught’’ on Sentimental                                                                                                             
  • Berlin-based NDW / new wave / post-punk / alt-pop newcomer Sofia Portanet “Freir Geist” new single on Duchess Box Records.                                                                                                                                               
  • Los Angeles‘ sad post-punk / dream pop singer/songwriter JUSTUS PROFFIT “Hole” from upcoming debut LP “L.A.’s Got Me Down” out March 8 on Bar/None                                                                                                     
  • Post Punk/Goth 5-piece from New Orleans, MISSING “Nonplussed” from the debut album “The Miserablist”   
  • Toronto‘s industrial synthpop project of Robert Alfons aka TR/ST “Gone” from upcoming album “The Destroyer – 1” out April 19, 2019 on House Arrest Distribution
  • Brussels coldwave / synthpop duo comprised of Austrian-born musician and actress Olivia Carrère and Belgian industrial/techno activist Yannick Franck (Raum, Orphan Swords), FIGURE SECTION “Teutonic Knights” debut single  
  • New England via NYC two-piece synth / darkwave / post-punk band GRANDEUR “Communion”                   
  • Belgian/French dark electro / minimal synth / coldwave collaborative project between Belgium’s synth act Unidentified Man and Francois Ducarn aka Chroma Carbon (singer of the French cold wave band Factice Factory and co-singer of the synth project Sine Silex), Unidentified Man / Chroma Carbon “Sense Offender” from mini album “Memento Mori” on Wool-E discs                                                                                             
  • Melbourne, Australia post-punk / dark wave / EBM solo project HACKITT “2 Past Midnight” from debut EP “Break It In”                                                                                                                                                                 
  • French coldwave / post punk duo Bluebeard’s Castle “Noise is a wild animal”                                                          
  • Portland, OR dark synth-pop project ORKIS – “Pivot” from forthcoming debut album “AFTRBTH”                       
  • Brooklyn, New York dark synth electronic solo project Silk Entry “Beach Spray”                                                 
  • Scottish/Australian dark disco punk electronic producers/djs duo Stockholm Syndrome “Rogue Efffect (Lusca remix) from upcoming “Rogue Alarm” on Nein Records.                       
  • Palmira, Colombia industrial / minimal synth / minimal wave solo project HUMAN 80 “Rebellion Of A Being” from the 3-track EP “Der Klang von Hunger” on Navel Records                                                                             
  • London based lo-fi coldwave / synth-punk Ukranian one man band POWERPLANT “In The Garden” from the new cassette album “People In The Sun” via Dreamland Syndicate                                                                           
  • Los Angeles‘ noise dark electro / synth-punk duo SECRET MUTILATOR “God Talks Back” split 10″ vinyl “TV DUST meet SECRET MUTILATOR” on Slimer Records                                                                                                         
  • Iceland darkwave ritual synth project of Adam der Somnambule, Novva Falla “Quasar Dance” from new cassette album “Kosmonautska Musika” (recorded only with the vintage Synthesizer and Vocoder “Elektronika EM-26”)
  • Los Angeles based industrial / noise / post-punk 4-piece lead guitarist/vocalist by Jordan Morrison, ALL YOUR SISTERS “Dividing Lines” from upcoming album “Trust Ruins” out April 15, 2019 on The Flenser             
  • Brooklyn, NY ‘pastel post punk’ all-girl trio PATIO “Boy Scout” from upcoming album “Essentials” out April 5, 2019 on Fire Talk                                                                                                                                                      
  • Dublin post-punk/garage rock band Fontaines D.C. “Big” taken from the upcoming debut album ‘Dogrel’ out April 12 on Partisan Records                                                                                                                                   
  • Russian new wave / post-punk trio from Arkhangelsk, Исходный Разрыв “Антиутопия/Dystopia” from the album “Тревога внутри/Inner alarm” on Ionoff Music                                                                                               
  • Brooklyn, NY based ambient minimal synth electronic duo consisting of Liz Wendelbo and Sean McBride aka Xeno & Oaklander “The Light, The Whisper” from “Insomnia / The Light, The Whisper” originally pressed as 250 12″ singles to promote upcoming album “Hypnos” due out March 8, 2019 on Dais Records                         
  • Sweden‘s psychedelic / shoegaze / synthwave / post-punk solo project of Jonatan Westh (formerly of late 00’s shoegazers Blackstrap), HOLY SHIP ‘Night Aquatic” from the upcoming EP “Event Horizon” on Declared Goods Records                                                                                                                                                              
  • Portuguese Minimal Wave / Coldwave / Darkwave duo The Dreams Never End “Cor Da Alma” from V/A “Orphans”                                                                                                                                                                 
  • Indie post punk band from Belgium, SHOWSTAR “Target” from the forthcoming 4th album “Soft Apocalypse” out March 1, 2019
      
  • Swedish synth-pop project of iamamiwhoami‘s Jonna Lee aka ionnalee “Open Sea” from the upcoming album “REMEMBER THE FUTURE”.                                                                                                                             
  • Glasgow, UK dark electronic duo Witch of the Vale “Trust The Pain” title track from new sophomore EP
  • Bogotá, Colombia‘s ethereal / darkwave / post-punk / shoegaze project GOLDENROD “Blinded” debut single on Tres incendios temporales                                                                                                                             
  • Indiana‘s synthesizer driven new-wave solo project of Steven Seibold, aka STANDALONE “Short Forever” from s/t album on Negative Gain Productions                                                                                                               
  • San Francisco based industrial post-punk project VIO\ATOR “bey Myself” from upcoming EP “Her Hands & My Eyes”
  • Los Angeles‘ coldwave / darkwave duo of PakistaniAmerican lead vocalist Azeka and bassist/producer Gil, AURAT “Don’t Forget” from the 2-track single “Ones that got away”                                                                     
  • Berlin-based Electro Post-Punk, Synth, Dark Wave project of former Metro Decay‘s Christoffer Bagge from Copenhagen, TOTEM “Figment” off the upcoming self-produced debut album “Passage”                                        
  • Goth post-punk / electronic shoegaze 3-piece from Portland, OR, DARKSWOON “Love Is A Warm Dark Cave” from the new album “Bind”
  • San José, Costa Rica post punk / gothic rock trio LAST DUSK “Wanderlust (featuring Eva Red of Red Apple Cvlt)” first single from forthcoming second album “As The Young Die” recorded, mixed and mastered by Ariel Maniki                                                                                                                                                                           
  • Japanese dark synth / darkwave / new wave / post-punk trio PLAIN HOLZ “Stillness Life” from forthcoming single                                                                                                                                                                            
  • Los Angeles‘ post-punk band CRYSTAL RIFT “Wrong”                                                                                                      
  • French minimal synth / cold wave project by Boris VölT from Rennes, MODE in GliANY ‘Untitled’                         
  • Russian new wave / post-punk trio from Arkhangelsk, Исходный Разрыв [Initial Break] “Как всегда/As always”                                                                                                                                                                        
  • Mexican synth-pop / post-punk project of Edwin Hernandez aka SheUsedToBeHuman “Digital Noise”           
  • Longstanding 80’s born Blackpool and Manchester based alternative post-punk band Vee VV “All Your Money” (Live in Berlin)                                                                                                                             
  • Taylor, Texas darkwave / gloomwave / death pop new project of formerly Hex Dispensers duo of Alex Cuervo & Alyse Mervosh, aka EERIE FAMILY “Dead Stars Still Shine On Us Tonight” from s/t debut album                     
  • Portland‘s fuzzy post-punk trio fronted by Summer Cannibals Jenny Logan, DEATHLIST “Repeater” from the new album “A Canyon”                                                                                                                                   
  • Berlin based elektro rock’n’roll post-punk singer, performer, 80s survivor, composer, MONA MUIR “Delinquent” title track of the forthcoming 3rd album.                                                                                             
  • Leeds, UK fuzzy post-punk band Treeboy & Arc – “Plastic Front” off split 7″ single with Jebiotto via Come Play With Me
  • London-based post-punk band Northern Light Exposure “Parting Shot” new single from the upcoming EP of the same name                                                                                                                                                         
  • Post-punk / Garage-rock duo out of Cape Town, South Africa The Medicine Dolls – “A Conscript Aiming To Miss” from the new EP, “A Compulsion to Ruin”                                                                                                      
  • Stamford‘s electronic minimal synthwave solo project by Arjun Bhaduri, EISHA [E]lectronically [I]nspired [S]ynth [H]armonzied [A]udio “Hidden Ones”                                                                                                      
  • Vermont‘s coldwave / minimal wave / synthpop solo project Triumphant Race “I Call On The Dead”                      
  • Russian dark synthwave / synth-pop solo project MULTI DARK ‘Дом с призраками/Ghost house’ from new EP ‘Луна/Moon’                                                                                                                                                             
  • Vienna, Austria anarcho-surrealist electro post-punk project of Maren Rahmann and Didi Disko, aka LAUT FRAGEN “Dennoch will ich” from 2-track single “Facetten des Widerstandes”
  • Tropicold wave / synth free punk trio from Reunion Island, KILKIL “Rare” from the new album “In Vain”                     
  • Bristol, UK post rock / post punk trio OH, THE GUILT “Burgundy” new single                                                       
  • Oakland, CA goth / darkwave / coldwave solo project of Tony D’Oporto, Suffering For Kisses “Cold”              
  • Oakland, CA industrial dark electronic project of Emileigh Rohn, aka CHIASM “In Hiding” title track from the new EP on Cop International                                                                                                                                  
  • London, UK electronic music project featuring synth post-punk pioneer John Foxx and Benge, aka John Foxx And The Maths “A Falling Star” from the reissue of 2011 album “Interplay”                                                                               
 

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