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

• Utrecht, Netherlands shoegaze /new wave /synth-pop act Decadesthétique “Veins” from forthcoming second LP “Mannequin” 12″ vinyl [Chronos Defied]

On the verge of releasing his sophomore LP, the Dutch one-man band’s second excerpt casts enticing flashes of nostalgia-drenched Synth-Pop pulled from the angst-strained and gloomier mid-80s Tears For Fears and early Talk Talk, shaped by the stirring melancholy of bright synths swirling atop haunted vocals of echoey wistful agony, battling with a tension of feeling no more than useful.

• California goth /post-punk band (FKA Nass Zuruck), EYELIDSS “Behind the Smile” single
  

After a rather sparing first year of releases, Californian lo-fi post-punk outfit starts the new year with a bitter single that urgently unfolds on loose-limbed drumming and ascending humming low ends, interspersed by persistent sharp, sparkling guitar arpeggios and tight rattling riffs, on which stand out punk-fueled shapeshifting emotional-ridden vocals of brisk choppy shouts, celestial howls, and sad, struggling spoken words, hiding behind a fake smile of depression.

• Orlando, FL Minimal Synth solo project, Earth Fault “More Myself” single
  

A message, keep trying, keep growing, and keep going, underlies the more anxious and neurotic second single from Florida‘s Coldwave/Synth-Pop solo project, which bounces along tight snares and droning bass undulations stabbed through by a strain of tinkling plucky pads and eerie twisted synth riffs, whilst a vocal array of urgent anxious cries and low shadowy spoken words explores self-hatred, lack of purpose, and the painful process of healing.

• Zürich, Switzerland experimental /abstract /electroacoustic /kraut /dark wave /minimal electronics /new age music /neo-folk sonic dilettant, Don Kashew “Windy Outside” off the upcoming sophomore album “Bellows” [Subject To Restrictions Discs]
• Mid-80s Norwegian experimental /noise /new wave /post-punk home-taper duo Åreknuteknyterne “Untitled (2025 Remaster)” from “Åreknuteknyterne” EP 12″/cassette [Tribe Tapes]
• Denmark dream pop /trip-hop /dark wave /dark audiovisual project of Lasse Lund and Kristine Nydahl, aka Vrangvendt “Beneath The Flowers” the fifth track from Vrangvendt’s album “Danish Depression”
  
• Milan, Italy goth /new wave DIY project of Agustin Sureda, aka Memoricides “Crystal Hearts” from the debut album “My Angel Is Dead”
  
• Russia electronic /synthpop side-project of Motorama member, Лето В Городе [letovgorode] “Г​Д​Е​-​Т​О Е​С​Т​Ь К​О​С​М​О​Д​Р​О​М​Ы” new single [I’m Home Records]
• German/Swiss dark ambient /darkwave /coldwave collaboration between Anna Nin & Carlo Rainolter, aka Glaring & Karl Kave “Land’s End” from the first album “Mantras”
  
• Atlanta, GA experimental electronic /minimal synth /post-punk /industrial project (aka D Haddon), HIGH MARKS “Never Teller” from “Ulterior Vision” EP
  
• Mid-’80s French 4-piece synth-pop /coldwave act Corps Diplomatique “Paradis I” off the LP “Dans Ta Nuit” a collection of tracks recorded between 1984-1987 [Dark Entries Records]
• Mexico City-based minimal synth /synth-pop duo Egle Naujokaityte and Rogelio Serrano, aka Gris Futuro “Juodi Žirgai” first single from upcoming LP “Nowadaze”
  
• Stockholm, Swedish Dark Synth Pop duo Nicklas Stenemo and Christian Hutchinson Berg, aka KITE “Heartless Places (feat. Nina Persson)” single [Dais Records]
• Liverpool, UK dark pop /wave /electro-pop /synthwave singer-songwriter Tom Woods, aka Frend “Beautiful Stranger (Beautiful World)” single
  
• Berlin-based dark disco /new wave /synthwave /electronic project of Greco/German duo Local Suicide and Bavarian producer Kalipo (Frittenbude), Dina Summer “Promise Me feat. Curses & Joshua Murphy” from upcoming “Girls Gang” LP [Iptamenos Discos]
• Los Angeles-based goth /dark electro /dark wave /synthwave artist Vick Vapors “A Sign” single
  
• Switzerland Wave / Post-Punk /Synth-Pop duo Veil Of Light “Water Guns” 2nd single from the upcoming LP “Hymns Of Faith And Trust” [Young & Cold Records]
• Philadelphia‘s new wave /synth-pop duo KORINE “Anhedonia” 1st single from the upcoming LP “A Flame In The Dark” [Born Losers Records]
• MANRESA (Barcelona), Spain electronic /synth-pop /darkwave project doomzdei “This Pain Will Never Die (Original Mix)”
  
• Ankara, Türkiye goth /post-punk /darkwave duo DUCTAPE “Blue Black” single
  
• Italian goth /electro-wave /darkwave trio from Naples, ASH CODE “Living For The Sound” single
  
• London, UK EBM /industrial /darkwave solo project The Ghost Aura “Ecos (Spoken Raw)” from the debut “We are all insane” EP
  
• Santiago, Chile coldwave /synthpop /darkwave duo Vioflesh “So Empty” single [darkTunes]
• Liverpool, UK industrial /witch house /electronic producer Monomorte “I Am Void”
  
• Brooklyn, NY-based techno /industrial /EBM /synth wave artist Madeline Seely AKA Nuxx Vomica “Bird Brain” single [SYNTHICIDE]
• Brussels Acid /New Beat /EBM /Electro-Industrial act Analog 80 “The Ghost Of Skinny Puppy” first single of a monthly series
  
• Russian EBM /industrial /electropunk producer Nemesis “Punk Killer Dose” from V/A “Survivors vol​.​2” EP [FLOWTAPE]
• Stockholm-based dub /hip-hop /grime /no wave /post-punk, /disco /proto-body /electro duo of Martin Thomasson and Johan Skugg, aka Harlem – “Contact High” off upcoming 8-track LP “Cage” [VEYL]
• Richmond, VA goth /dark electronics /darkwave solo project Petrified Entity “Dimensional Fold” single
  
• Frankfurt, Germany industrial /synth-pop /dark electro solo act Destroy Me Again “DMA” maxi single [Infacted Recordings]
• Berlin-based Post-Punk /Neue Türkische Welle duo Her Absence Fill the World [HAFTW] “One By One” single
  
• German darkwave /synthpop duo MONO/XYD “My Neighbours Balcony” single
  
• Los Angeles synth-punk project led by visual artist Colin Ambulance, aka BITE MARX “Foreign Exchange” single
  
• Californian goth darkwave /synthwave act Orphan Zero “Die Alone” single
  
• Grodno, Belarus goth /darkwave solo project Aven Graph “Lost” single
   
• Edinburgh, UK new wave /post-punk band Post Ironic State “Citadel.” single
  
• Italian goth /darkwave /coldwave solo project KRUR “Elegy of the Night” (Single)
  
• North Carolina goth /dark wave /post-punk solo project SAIPH “Castle of Wanderers” single
  
• German veteran post-punk band PINK TURNS BLUE – “Stay for the Night” off of the upcoming album “BLACK SWAN” [Orden Records]
• US Industrial /Post-Punk /Synth-Pop band led by Charles Rowell (Crocodiles, Flowers of Evil, Issue…), aka Crush of Souls “Cult of Two” from the upcoming LP “L​é​zire” [Avant! Records]
• Italian industrial /darkwave /synth-pop 4-piece  This Eternal Decay “Eigengrau” off the new LP “Spettro” [Trisol Music Group / Swiss Dark Nights]
• Portuguese gothic /synth-pop /darkwave act Order in Chaos – “Unholy flesh” single
  
• New York goth /coldwave /post-punk solo project (aka Stereo Julia), Cemetery Dolls – “We are all probably going to heaven” single
  
• Birmingham, UK goth /post-punk act Dance The Ghost “Chastity” single
  
• New wave /post-punk project from Austria, EGGENBERG – “What A Time” debut single
  
• Bologna, Italy New wave / Post-punk band The Peripheries “Lodestar” from the upcoming LP “Mechanical Reproductions”
  
• San Juan, Puerto Rico dreampop /post-punk /shoegaze project of Kevin Shames, aka Basavriuk – “Endless Rite” single
  
• Cheltenham, UK indietronica /post-punk duo Combover Beethoven “Numbers” from the LP “Maniacs” [Transmission Nova]
• Southern California borderland new wave /post-punk three-piece band The Slashes “Three Sisters” single
  
• Post Punk / Shoegaze project of veteran Buenos Aires-based musician and composer Ferran Pont Vergés, aka Die Noia Futuriszka (DNF) “Patea la Silla” off the album “FIESTA PRIVADA (PRIVATE PARTY)” [No Me Escucho Records]
• Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian synth-pop /post-punk band The Lautreamonts “Point Of No Return” single [Paranoia Musique]
• Victoria, BC indie rock /new wave /glam rock /rock’n’roll Singer, Songwriter & Producer Art d’Ecco “The Traveller” single [Paper Bag Records]
• Sydney-based post-punk /power pop /new wave band led by Brigitte Handley, The Dark Shadows “Sour Candy” from “Sour Candy” EP
  
• Sardinia, Italy Post-Punk /Dark Wave band ENDELØS “Crashed Bones” single [SwissDarkNights Label]
• Washington, D.C. industrial /heavy metal /post-punk /dark wave trio VOSH “Prey (Live)” from “Vault Vol. 1” 12″ LP [Trash Casual]
• San Antonio, TX Goth /Deathrock band Lessons in Purgatory “Opulent Abysm” single
  
• Leipzig, Germany deathrock /post-punk trio Distant Relatives “Malfunction” from cassette S/T LP [It´s Eleven Records]
• Louisville, KY No Wave /Post Punk four piece Charm School “Cherry Red” from upcoming LP “DEBT FOREVER”
  
• Brooklyn, NY art punk /indie rock /post-punk /crank wave band CONSUMABLES “Great Design” from “Infinite Games” LP [We Are Time / Fierce Panda]
• Belfast, UK no wave /noise rock /post-punk outfit Makeshift Art Bar “Birthday Party” from the debut EP “Lackluster Writing Makes Fundamental Reading”
  
• Buffalo, NY freaked out psych /new wave /post-punk /prog punk project of John Toohill (Science Man) and Bran Schlia (Clump), aka Ismatic Guru “P​.​S​.​I.” from the album “An Incredible Amount of Overwhelming Information” 12” [Swimming Faith Records / Swish Swash Records]
• London UK noise punk four-piece THE NONE “On Automatic” off the upcoming second EP “Care” 
  
• Zagreb, Croatia‘s synth-punk band The Hahas and the Blablas “Frowning rat and his sad destiny” from S​/​T LP [Vesela kornjača-Jolly turtle / Bread Man Tapes]
• US garage /rock’n’roll /punk rock /synth-punk band Power Pants “You’re Invited” single from the upcoming LP [Punk Valley Records]
• Udine, Italy lo-fi cosmic /minimal synth /darkwave solo project of Martin De Martin, aka Digitalbath “In deep water” single
  
• French dark ambient /drone /dungeon synth project, Baddoar “Ainsi Chantent Les R​ê​ves” from the cassette album “Reflets Des Mages”
  
• New Hampshire dark ambient /dungeon synth act Covered Bridges – “The Drowned Maid” from the cassette split album “A Festival of Winters” by Covered Bridges / Grimhold [Fiadh Productions]
• UK dark ambient /doom jazz /drone project Spectre Horsemen, Pale With Dust “Floating, Weightless, At Immeasurable Heights (Remaster)” from “Alternative Ends” album