Weekly Post-Punk / Darkwave / Dark Synth Tips #01
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- Besançon, France industrial/new wave/synthpop/darkwave solo project of Vague Scare‘ singer Laur, aka Other-ed “The Least We Can Do” from the debut EP “Disruptive Synthetic”
The debut EP of Vague Scare‘s vocalist Laur brings the haunting and mysterious synth-laden combination of coldwave, new wave and darkwave from his band, adding personal 80s/90s industrial suggestions, flavored with lyrics about veganism and anti-speciesism, with striking results.
- Québec City, Canada post-wave band Handful of Snowdrops “The Four Winds” new single
Thrilling classy return for veteran Quebec‘s postwave band showing how to play modern yet nostalgic, emotional and sophisticated synthpop with 80s new wave leanings, melodic, bouncing and addictively danceable, simply irresistible, to listen on repeat.
- Brittany, French post-punk/coldwave outfit Couverture de Survie ~ “Pothos” from the cassette EP “Tetrapharmakon” on Distag Records
Released just before the Christmas holidays, pulsating, vibrant, and driving coldwave from France, more precisely Brittanny, as much as raw, gloomy as it is utterly effective and compelling.
- Bogotà, Colombia goth/piano/darkwave/neo-classical artist AmaNRouge “Marie” new single
- Russian electronic/darkwave project Anthrazit und Weiss “Mountain Light” second single
- Danish dark ambient electronic project of Kim Larsen (Of The wand & The Moon/Les Chasseurs De La Nuit/Solanaceae/Black Wreath etc.) with Iver Ask Overgaard (My Beloved/Of The Wand & The Moon etc.), WHITE CHAMBER “The Garden” from the new 2-track 7″ single on Tesco Organisation
- Berlin-based dark ambient/coldwave/darkwave/post-punk project of Anna Nin (aka None), aka Glaring “Adhil” from the new instrumental album “Nothingness”
- Dutch legends Clan Of Xymox ‘A Day’ (Early Pre-4AD Demos)
- Now-defunct UK experimental/post-punk/industrial/electronic group Bourbonese Qualk – “Born Left Hearted” from the upcoming Platform 23/Mannequin labels’ remastered vinyl reissue of “Preparing For Power” album originally released in 1986 via their Recloose Organisation label
- Burlington, Ontario early ’80s new wave/minimal synth/synthpop duo Ceramic Hello – “Symphony of Shudders” off of the upcoming vinyl reissue of cult 1981 LP “The Absence Of A Canary” via new Suction Records sub-label Ice Machine
- French coldwave/post-punk project Allein in der Badewanne “Wasserfall” new single
- Ferrara, Italy new wave/electro-pop 4-piece (members of 80s wave bands Intelligence Dept. and Go Flamingo!), BROKEN UP “Long Long Long” new single on Wave Records
- Greek industrial/darkwave/minimal synth act STAHL ILLUSION – Ξερνά Η Αγάπη Θάνατο / Death Is Love (Single) on Underground Industrial Records
- Italian/Belgian darkwave/dreamwave/synth collaborative project Zoltan Freitag + Vita Noctis – “Victims Of A Game Called Life” (second version)
- London, UK dark minimal synth electronic music project THIS IS THE BRIDGE “12 Days”
- Los Angeles based new wave/darkwave/electro-pop project of Carlo Mancia, MortalBoy “Angels with dirty souls”
- Texan post-punk/synthwave solo project of from Huston, TWO ONE SIX “Sweet Poison” from the new album “Deathbed”
- Nottingham, England alt/new wave/post-punk quartet, Hurtsfall “12 Long Years” upcoming new single on Sonic Distruptor
- Swiss dark synth/post-punk/synth-pop solo project from St.Gallen, Carlo Onda “Shadow On The Wall”
- San Diego, CA post-punk/darkwave/coldwave project TRAGEDY “Paranoid”
- London, UK dark minimal synth electronic music project THIS IS THE BRIDGE “Broken Sculptures (Martial Canterel Remix)” off of V/A “Intersection II” compilation on TONN RECORDINGS
- Perth, Australia based DIY synth-heavy psych/darkwave /new wave duo of UIU’s Greg Weir and Belinda Eldridge, aka TRUCK STOP ALIEN “Desolate” from the new EP “Sometimes, It’s Just The World”
- Texan darkwave/post-punk/minimal synth/coldwave solo project of Houston based drummer Bruce Courtney, THE STAVE CHURCH “Blind Redux – Fragments Remix” from the debut EP “This Dark Place”
- Cologne, Germany synthwave/synthpop solo project Keine Ahnung “Wolke 7” title track from the new EP
- French protokraut – analog synth wave – coldwave duo from Normandie, Le Goût Acide Des Conservateurs “Glauk” from the cassette “Live At SPORE” on ERR Records
- Oakland, CA darkwave/post-punk/coldwave solo project of Brian Vega, aka Lovers Guilt – “Into The Night” from the debut EP “A Trace of Light”
- Asheville, NC electronic/coldwave/darkwave artist ANDERS MANGA “Rosaries and Requiems” from the new album “Andromeda”
- French dark coldwave /minimal synthwave solo project, ME AND A BOX “Attendances (NC Remix)” from ‘Intersection II’, an album of special artist collaborative remixes on TONN Recordings.
- Baltimore, Maryland darkwave/electronic /synth-pop project of artist/producer Samuel Morgan, aka VACANT WINDOWS “This is a Lie” new single
- Mexican darkwave/minimal synth/post-punk project REPENT “Hay algo detrás de ti” from the new EP “Todo en orden”
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK 80s influenced minimal wave/witch house/Industrial dark electronic two-piece Mausoleums “Alive” from the new single “Parasite / Alive”
- São Paulo / Leipzig DIY electro/coldwave/obscure electronics/minimal synth queer duo Werther Effekt “Inicua” from V/A “Latinoamérica Suburbia” on Morfina Records
- Brighton, UK new wave/darkwave/post-punk solo project of Oliver Mavilio, aka Fear & Order “What’s Left Of You” from the new EP “Homage of Hate”
- Liverpool, UK new wave/post-punk/goth punk 4-piece Coughin Vicars “Effigy” from debut 6-tracker “Post Omission Overtures (DEMO)” for forthcoming tape on Casket Records.
- Seattle-based post-punk/darkwave band ALTAR OF ERIS “Live Fast, Die Quicker” from debut “The Table of Discord” EP
- Portland, OR art-punk/post-punk all-girl trio Mr. Wrong “Nuclear Generation” from the upcoming sophomore vinyl album “Create A Place”
- French New Wave/Post punk band from Caen, CEMENTED MINDS “Hair Shirt” off of “Colostrum” EP on APB Records
- Auckland, New Zealand indie/post-punk band GUARDIAN SINGLES “Tea Lights Exploding” first song from their debut LP, out January 2020
- Canadian Noise Rock/Experimental/Post-Punk solo project NUMB BODY “I Live in the Abyss” from V/A “Barbed Wire Gardens – Volume Five” on Barbed Wire Gardens
- French coldwave/darkwave solo project from Liverdun, Cold Grey Rain “Chloe”
- German post-punk/coldwave/postwave solo project, A Transition “Dive”
- Californian Post-Punk trio from Orange County, CERAMIC “Bellow” from the 2-track debut single ” Bellow // Towers”
- Californian amateur darkwave/goth rock project based out of Los Angeles, QYBURN “Bandit Keith” from the debut “Obelisk the Tormentor” EP
- Brazilian surf/gothic rock/post-punk 4-piece SIGNO 13 “Reflexo disforme” 5th single from the upcoming “Serpentario” album
- Russian indie/shoegaze/post-punk trio from Moscow, Культодиночества [kultodinochestva] ‘Одна’ new single
- Alaska‘s synth-driven goth/coldwave/darkwave outfit Masquerade Generation “A Sickly Flower of the Hollow Hours” from the debut LP “Autumn Witch”
- Norfolk, Virginia Post Punk/Darkwave/Goth music project created by Thomas Duerig, aka THE PURGE “Fallen Through” from the new album “Honesty”.
- Philadelphia, PN synthpop/post-punk project of Fredrick Dotchel, aka TRAGIC AGE “Falling” new single
- Los Angeles-based goth dark electro duo of Cassandra Vincent and Philip Peters, Light Shadows “Church” (Fall Out Boy cover)
- German Post-Rock/Shoegaze /Post-Punk band from Aachen, THIS SOCIAL COIL “Between The Trees” from the new LP “Empathy”
- Russian post-punk/coldwave/synthpop solo project from Moscow, COLD CALLING [Холодный звонок] – ‘Друг/friend’ new single
- Greek post-punk/darkwave group from Patra, Grey Gallows ”Enemy” off of V/A “UnObscured Vol. 1” Obscura Undead‘s compilation (taken from the new album “Shades”)
- Moscow, Russia post-punk/coldwave duo, 85816 “Requiem” from the new EP “Self-titled”
- Mexico City gothic rock/post-punk band lead by †Mike Dead†, DEAD STOP “Mystery” from the álbum †Borderline†
- Russian experimental/coldwave/post-punk band from Ufa, TRIØXIN ”Момент упущен” from the new album ‘Быть мёртвым’
- Sidney, Australia post-punk all-girl trio featuring members of Mope City & Julia Why?, WORM CAFE “Fantasies” from new single “Fantasies / Walk Out”
- Canadian three piece dark punk band from Vancouver, BC., Lié “Digging in the Desert” from forthcoming album “You Want It Real” on Mint Records
- Philadelphia‘s Punk Rock trio, DARK THOUGHTS “Skin Like Paper” from third album “Must Be Nice” on Stupid Bag & Drunken Sailor Records
- Oakland, CA based Colombian proto-punk/post-punk band SYNDICATE “Brilliant Future” new single
- Polish DIY post-punk band based in Warsaw, Hände “Armia” from upcoming album “Uwaga, Szkło!” on Bat-Cave Productions
- Los Angeles/Berlin dark wave/post-punk outfit Night Nail “Republican Marriage” new single
- Berlin-based punk/post-punk band Karlshorst Mods “Auf Wiedersehen, Subkultur” from debut EP “Das meiste ist scheiße”
- Italian post-punk/shoegaze/darkwave five-piece from Bologna, Red Mishima “Beyond the Mirror” from the forthcoming S/T album on SwissDarkNights Label.
- Australian darkwave/ post-punk band from Sidney, Sounds Like Winter ”The Wedding Feast” from V/A “The End of the Dark Wave?” compilation on The Dark Wave
- Leeds, UK gothic rock project of Joel Heyes, aka Byronic Sex & Exile “All The Horses” from the new EP “Opera Of The Wastes” on Goth City Records
- Macedonian new wave/post-punk trio of Bernays Propaganda members, 21 VEK “Crveni stitovi'” from “2LP” album on Balkan Veliki.
- Chile post-punk band DEATHSVN “Let Me Become the Sacrifice” new single
- Swedish garage synth-punk outfit from Gothenburg, LEECHES – “Nuclear Neurosis” from the album “Swollen Moon” via Melted Mind
- Ukraine indie/synthpop solo project Kill me, ACE! [Убей меня, Эйс!] ‘Мой Милый Убийца (feat. Киса В Колесе)’ new single
- Encinitas, California goth/post-punk/new wave project VALUEMART “Sedation” new single
- Suffolk, Virginia synthpop/post-punk/new wave project of James Wagner, PAIN IN THE YEAHS “Animal Within An Animal” new single.
- Berlin-based Finnish experimental/space rock/darkwave/synthpop project of Robert Storm, aka Possible Space “Hide Yourself” from the new album “The Truth About Last Night”
- Grenoble‘s punk/rap/rock/electro project (aka Churros Batiment), BLEU RUSSE “La beauté du geste” from the forthcoming album “Serrures et Palmiers” on Petrol Chips
- Los Angeles electro-punk project formed by primary artist Pogo Pope, aka Bustié “W.I.L.T” (demo)
- London-based synthpop project of former Visage keyboardist Logan Sky “Jacqui” (Andy White
- Lowell, Massachusetts dark synthpop project FATIGUE “Pageantry (Slighter Mix)” from S/T EP
- Antwerp, Belgium EBM/dark electro project Reality’s Despair “Like Boötes void” preview from the forthcoming album, to be released February 2020.
- Noir synth-pop project of Swedish musician Johan Hansson, We The North “VI – Remaster” from the upcoming album “2020”
- Russian post-punk/cold wave/lo-fi DIY solo project of Dmitry Philippov from Gzhel, MONOPLAN ‘Лёд (Lёd)’ from the debut EP ‘Звёзды над нами’
- Budapest, Hungary late ’80s electro industrial band CMC [Cro-Magnon´s Coke] “Genocidio en el año de 1519”
- German darkwave/future pop/dark synthpop electronic project of Björn Beekman from Düsseldorf, DARK INSIGHTS “Schweinwelt from upcoming new album “Heimaterde”
- French dark electro/post-punk trio from Nantes, Doggerland “Dead End” from the upcoming album “Foreign Eyes”
- Houston, TX electronic /post punk /darkwave solo project of Andrew Freeman, Closing Cell “Dreams from the Boathouse”
- Detroit, Michigan dark electronic music project of Justin Horbes (aka Sandstone), JH-X9 “Crime Of Science” new single
- Palmira, Colombia minimal wave solo project HUMAN 80 “Zeit nicht zu weinen” from the EP “Kriegsgeräusche” on Nevel Records
- L.A. late ’80s/’90s electronic/industrial rock band Stabbing Westward “Dead and Gone” title track from the new EP
- Chicago‘s darkwave electronica project created by John DeVille (formerly member of Kryptik Panik), aka Hysteria Effect “Nichts In Dieser Welt”
- Danish neo-folk project started by Kim Larsen in 1998, OF THE WAND & THE MOON “What hand harvest the sould at death” from the new 7″ single “ABENDROT IM WALDE” on Tesco Germany
- Russian coldwave/sadcore/post-punk side project of Samara‘s one-man-band Lifeless, NMDA ‘Крик’
- Königsberg based Russian neo classical/neo-folk project SUNSET WINGS ‘КАСАЯСЬ’ from the album ‘Королева Смокв’
