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

• Dallas, TX EBM /dark electro /darkwave solo project Loyal Nothing “Safe Word.” single
  

Dallas music maker is back after a long hiatus with a more electronic-charged Darkwave number, ready to stick, bang on, and slam the dancefloors. Clattering industrialized hard-hitting drum beats bounce on the rampage along with ominous rumbling basslines and swirling flashing synths while restless haunted vocals suffer under a heavy oppression of control.

• Montpellier, France-based Minimal Cold Wave /Electro-Wave solo act Larsovitch “Bonne Nuit” 2nd single off upcoming “Normal’No” EP [Stanze Fredde Records]

A recovery from Christmas time, South of France one-man band’s less-synthy second single from the next EP, a haunting metaphor about daily life, will emotionally move the listeners with prickly jangling guitar shivers and emotive synth swells set alongside urgent beats and pulsing basslines, encompassed by long drawn-out breaths of baritone melancholy.

• Seattle-based Coldwave /Darkwave DIY solo project Festering Wounds “Mood Swing”
  

Raw, viscerally excruciating new track from the DIY Darkwave solo act with thick, apathetic spoken words that brood on the edge of anger alongside tightly marching drum kicks and discordant stabbing squalls of low-end electronics, punctuated by frozen synth sweeps, amid voice clips about giving up on life, to explain the wholistic pain and exhaustion of nihilism.

• Rome, Italy noise /doom /dark jazz ensemble Senketsu No Night Club – 戦争 – single [Signora Ward Records]
• French neo-folk act Feu Sacré “À c​œ​urs crois​é​s” from the album “Deuxi​è​me Salve”
  
• Austrian goth /wave /art rock solo studio project by Gabriel Korb, aka Below Stairs “Left Hand Numb” off the upcoming EP/album ”From The Burning Chest”
  
• English post-punk /folk-rock collective formed in 1984 in New Cross, London, Band Of Holy Joy “Stay Toxic” from the forthcoming LP “Scorched Jerusalem” [Tiny Global Productions]
• East Lancashire, UK prog rock /industrial /experimental /post-punk /electronica cult pop act formed in 2023 by ex-shades of Vukovar, aka The Tearless Life “Conversations With Angels” title track of the debut album “Conversations With Angels” [Other Voices Records]
• New York-based goth /coldwave /dreampop /post-punk band The Harrow “December” (For Against cover, 1988) fundraising single
  
• French post-punk /coldwave DIY solo music project Closed Mouth “Last Song Of December” single
  
• German Darkwave /Post-Punk duo URBANDONED. “Conjoined” new single
  
• German goth /wave /post-punk solo project The Occasion “Last Goodbye” from “Another Perspective” EP
  
• South Coast, UK 3-piece Indie Rock /Post-punk band Fake Empire “Imposter Syndrome” single
  
• Italian Darkwave /Post-Punk one-man band IC2 “Demistify” from 2-track single “Vetus et Novum”
  
• Chicago, IL dark wave /post-punk project Parasite Baby “Surrender” from the “14” EP
  
• Riccione, Italy post-punk trio S.A.D. “Limite” single
  
• Mexico City, Mexico wave /post-punk duo Dechakhal – “Destruirte” single
  
• Early 2000s Los Angeles synth-punk trio New Collapse “Isolation Cast” from the 2007 unreleased debut album “New Collapse”
  
• Helsinki, Finland gothic rock /wave /post-punk band Kasvot “Parsaat” single
  
• Baltimore, Maryland shoegaze /gothic rock /post-punk project of musician and filmmaker Dan Offenbacher, aka Projector Fires “Fall Apart” from the s/t album
  
• Colombian Gothic Rock /Darkwave /Post-punk duo Das Kelzer “Absent Voices” single
  
• Denver, CO four-piece goth rock /post-punk band Plague Garden “Blood Debt (bonus track)” from the 4th LP “Under The Sanguine Moon”
  
• Brussels, Belgium post-punk trio EMPEREUR “Amor Fati” single
  
• Oakland, CA-based Post-Punk- Neo-Goth duo, 55CASTLES “Facade” single
  
• Bordeaux, France goth /wave /synth-pop /post-punk solo act Protocell “Magonia” single
  
• Salt Lake City, Utah post-punk /darkwave solo project BALDUVIAN BEARS “Escape” single [darkTunes]
• Antioquia, Colombia coldwave /post-punk project by Cristian Herrera, Herzap Corp “Mannequin” from “Mannequins” LP
  
• Philadelphia, PA gothic rock /synthpop /post-punk solo project of Fredrick Dotchel, aka TRAGIC AGE “December’s Twilight” single
  
• Philadelphia, PA post-punk /industrial /synth-pop /coldwave duo R E P < > L ^ K N T “Don’t Drive Me Away” from “POLAROIDS” LP
  
• Berlin-based Goth /Synthpop /Darkwave Argentinian solo project Deus Ex Lumina “Create, Destroy, Rebuild” single
  
• Dutch shoegaze /new wave /synth-pop act  Decadesthétique “Tremble” from forthcoming second LP “Mannequin” [Chronos Defied]
• Los Angeles-based dark wave /synth-pop /post-punk solo project of musician Julian Sharwarko, aka Harsh Symmetry “Virtual Killer” off “On-Screen Death” EP
  
• London, UK dark synth-wave band made of Nathalie Bruno & Jake Ambridge, PHOSPHOR “Blossom” from the 2-track single “Blossom​/​Cold Hearted” (tracks recorded in 2011) [Self Relesed]
• Melbourne, Australia 6-piece new wave /synth-pop band GLAS NOST “Time” single
  
• French coldwave duo from Nantes, Contre-Jour “Ext​é​rieur Nuit” from the upcoming first demo EP “Encore La Nuit” [Tryphon Productions]
• Athens, Greece electronic /new wave /coldwave /dark wave duo Ethereal Movement “Μ​ά​τ​ρ​ι​ξ” single
  
• Marquette, Michigan gothic rock /darkwave singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and Lycia contributing member, David Galas – “ Haloperidol” from V/A “Through these dreary winter nights” label sampler [These Hands Melt]
• Thessaloniki, Greek post-punk /synth wave /dark synth solo project of Ioakim Vasileiadis, aka Misfortunes “Cradlesong” from the 4th album “Voices Never Heard” [SwissDarkNights Label]
• Tennessee dark synthwave /solo project More Is Not Enough “NAVAJA” single
  
• Mexican EBM /Synthpop /Esoteric Body Music /New Wave DJ-producer Dimitri Berzerk “Concordia feat. Bulbo Project” “Concordia
  
• Bloomington, Indiana industrial /coldwave /retro wave /synthpop act Twice Dark “Time Traveling (Post Analog Disorder Remix)” remix of the 3rd single off the upcoming album “Telekinetic”
  
• Belgium electro /new wave /dark synth-pop solo project of David Gillain (producer of duo Radikal Kus), Heiser “Probability” from forthcoming V/A “My Precious! – A Waves Radio Show Compilation Vol​​​​​​​.​​​​​​​5” CD [Red Maze Records]
• Minimal Synthetic Punk from North London, Molecül “Human” from EP1
  
• Los Angeles-based electro-punk outfit, Secret Mutilator “Total Submission” single
  
• Buenos Aires, Argentina industrial /techno /EBM /body music project Black.n “Just a Little” from “No Nos Representan” EP [Pildoras Tapes]
• Stockholm, Sweden electro /synth /EBM artist Emma Nylén, aka EMMON “Machines (Terence Fixmer Remix)” from “Machines” EP [International Deejay Gigolo Records]
• Hamburg, Germany horror soundtrack /industrial /EBM /techno /electro DJ-producer and live act L.F.T. “Digital Drips (with Cardinal & Nun)” from upcoming “KeyGenerator” EP 12″ [Mechatronica]
• Zurich-based new wave /synth-pop project by Markus Weber (Veil of Light), SLEEP FOREVER “Shine A Light” from upcoming “Alter Ego” LP [DKA Records]
• Leipzig, Germany electronic /synthpop new project of Mona (former singer of the band Kita Zorn) and нат. awa, aka Kalydrom “blumenlose Zeiten” debut single
  
• Swedish dark synthpop solo project of Andreas W., The Wide Eye “Light to the Crown” single
  
• Linz, Austria-based darkwave /synthpop solo music project Violence Against Man “Say my Name (Dunkelwald Remix)” from “Violence against Man Remixes” EP
  
• California witch house /electroclash /darkwave solo project Melancholic Crossroads “Fate” single
  
• Spanish Dark Wave /Synth Pop duo from Barcelona, HUIR “Lovers (R. Missing Remix)” from upcoming “Triumphal Arch Lovers [REMIXES]” EP [COLD TRANSMISSION MUSIC]
• English electronic /synth-pop /darkwave duo The Moons Of Jupiter “Phoenix” from the debut album “The Moons Of Jupiter”
  
• Los Angeles deathrock /punk /post-punk band FANGS on FUR “Silver Daggers” single
  
• Boston, MA goth /post-punk /darkwave band Neponset Monastery “Voices” single
  
• Hamburg harter pop /post-punk /wave band MPC LAFOTE “Der Riss” single
  
• Spanish post-punk /dark punk band Ataúdes Merche “Crucifixi​ó​n” from the s/t album “Ata​ú​des Merche” tape [Flexidiscos]
• Japanese metal punk /goth-wave /post-punk /post-punk /darkwave band from Tokyo (FKA Lilii Mar), Sex Virgin Killer “The Lights Will Fall” from upcoming collection LP “Sanctuary (2017 – 2024)” [SwissDarkNights Label]
• Leuven, Belgium darkwave /gothic rock solo project Ahráyeph “The Hard Heart” single
  
• US garage /rock’n’roll /punk rock /synth-punk band Power Pants “Switchblade” single from the upcoming LP [Punk Valley Records]
• Perth, Australia punk /synth-punk 4-piece GHOULIES “Self​-​Help” from the debut LP “Shafted By The Algorithm” 12″ [Erste Theke Tontraeger]
• Rome, Italy garage /egg punk /synth-punk outfit DADGAD “PIRUPIRU” from “NEW YEAR DEMOS” EP
  
• New York lo-fi /garage /art rock /post-punk /folk project of AD Sheikh, AKA Old Lions ”An Offering” from “SOLOLUNA” EP
  
• Vienna, Austria coldwave /synthpop /synthwave producer BLANK PICTURE “Snowflakes” single [A-Dur Records]
• Canada fantasy /comfy /dungeon synth project Greenwood – “Midday Errands” off the album”Welcome Home” [Fiadh Productions]
• Maidenhead, UK devotional /discipline /folk /dungeon synth project Victorian Schoolmaster “Results Reflect Effort” from “Discipline Equals Success” EP
  
• Canterbury, UK hauntology /winter /comfy /dungeon synth act Forgotten Sanctum “Three Crows (Folk Dance)” from “Delirium Desiderium” EP
  
• San Cruz de Tenerife, Spain Chiptune /Dungeon Synth solo project by Volkh, aka Rusty Ring “Beyond The Mist” from the album “The Cursed Dungeon”