Weekly Post-Punk // Darkwave // Dark Synth Tips – FEBRUARY/MARCH 2024 – #09-24
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- Marquette, Michigan gothic rock /darkwave singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and Lycia contributing member, David Galas – “You’re A Needle In My Arm” single
Among the two new tracks dropped this week, “You’re A Needle In My Arm” surprisingly differs from David Galas‘ familiar introspective, elegant and decadent gothic atmospheres defined by the twang-strewn “Psilocybin”, with an overwhelming ride stabbed by the throbbing mechanical rhythm of crisp resonant claps, pain-fueled spirals of distorted guitar strains and persistent angsty synth swirls to coalesce with majestic emphatic intensity over haunted, traumatized vocals drowning in shame and misery.
- German Dark Post-Punk Project led by Fassse Lua, Theatre’s Kiss “Marie” from “II” E.P. in anticipation of the forthcoming sophomore LP [Matriarch Records]
A broodingly spectral atmospheric dive, imbued with lingering Black Metal-tinged gloomy morbidity, into the anguished and tragic obscure intimacy of “Marie” encircled by melancholic, and surreal impending auras built by an intricate interlace of driving drum beats, doomy bass lines, obsessive bleeding electro-acoustic guitar wanderings, and dramatic cinematic synth melodies, to coalesce in a softly disjointed desolation around lost, desperate vocals, longing to relieve pain amid haunting baritone demons.
- San José, Costa Rica post-punk /coldwave band MOLT “Arte plástico” first preview from the upcoming EP “Estados Latentes”
“Arte plástico”, a song about vanity, domination, and the hidden hand that orchestrates, scrapes the 80s classic Goth-tinged Post-punk tropes, through a blackened rush of tumbling drum beats, menacing grumbling basslines, and agonizing sweeps of effect-laden bleeding guitars over restless, subdued vocals witnessing a soul’s “destruction in the name of ego.”
- Bodensee, German mystical dark neo-folk singer-songwriter Elmsfeuer “Feuergeister” title track of the album “Feuergeister”
- Marquette, Michigan gothic rock /darkwave singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and Lycia contributing member, David Galas – “Psilocybin” single
- Hungary darkwave /post-punk act kékmandarin “Elátkozott vér” single
- Philadelphia-based, Boston, MA‘s coldwave /post-punk group The True Faith “The Means (feat. Dutch Experts)” single [à La Carte Records]
- Swedish shoegaze /post-punk /dark pop act from Stockholm, Principe Valiente “Something New” off the upcoming album “In This Light” [Metropolis Records]
- Chicago-based wave /post-punk band SOFT KILL “Come Hang From The Roof Tops” single from the upcoming new Soft Kill album “Escape Forever” [Cercle Social Records]
- Montréal, Quebec post-punk-gaze outfit The City Gates “Lapidation” from the band’s forthcoming 2024 album [Velouria Recordz / Icy Cold Records]
- Turkish post-punk /darkwave duo based in Istanbul, Ductape “Veil Of Lies” from the third LP “Echo Drama” [Swiss Dark Nights]
- Mexico City-based post-punk /coldwave /minimal synth duo of Dan Shamble (guitar) and Werner Karloff (synth, voice), Neue Strassen “Suburban distress” from Neue Strassen’s upcoming LP “Last Days”
- Swedish goth /post-punk /darkwave project (members of T.G.T.B. and Satellitstat), Fashion Cult “Förlorat” from the cassette EP “Desolation Sounds II” [Detriti Records]
- French post-punk /cold wave trio from Strasbourg, HEIMBERG “Crows” from “Blind Eye” EP
- Cardiff, UK goth pop /synthpop /darkwave solo project Fading Indigo “Collared” from the EP “The Cubist Mind”
- UK Synthpop /Post-punk band from the Isle Of Man, Mark E Moon “Blind” from the LP “RESIST” [COLD TRANSMISSION MUSIC]
- German enigmatic experimental /coldwave /minimal synth act Frau Professor “Schwingungserhöhung” 2-track single [appartement 3]
- Quebec-based, Canadian cold wave /minimal synth duo of Eric Trottier & Julie Morand-Ferronpart, Violence “Exit” from the 12″ vinyl edition of the album “La Somme De Mes Soifs” – in memory of Julie Ferron-Morand (1977-2022) [TONN Recordings]
- Toronto, Canada synth-pop /minimal synth duo of Gabe Knox and David Lush (aka Memorex), ANALYTICA “Playmobils” from the upcoming second LP “Strategy Of Tension” [Ice Machine / Suction Records]
- Linz, Austria-based new wave /synth-pop solo project of UK musician, singer and songwriter of Empathy Test, Isaac Howlett “House of Cards” debut single
- João Pessoa, Brazilian darkwave /synthpop /electronic music project Cyber Niior “Cold Love” single
- Rome, Italy retrofuturistic /kraut /kosmische music/analogue synth solo project of The Hand and Mat 101‘s founding member, Ekranoplan – “White Shoes (Motorik remix by S.Ferrucci AKA Winter Severity Index)” from “Ekranoplan vs Winter Severity Index” remix single
- French experimental /coldwave /synthpop group founded in the early 80’s, Clair Obscur “Es war einmal im kalten Frankreich (remix)” (originally on Optical Sound, 2009) produced for a private concert at La GAM, Creil in 2023.
- Northern Ireland cold synth electronics musician based in Belfast, Crystalline Stricture “Sheperd” (unreleased)
- Bristol, UK darkwave /synthpop project of Alastair Power & Alice Sheridan, STRANGE FUTURES “Gallows Humour” new single
- Greek new wave /darkwave /new beat /electronic producer Pink Maggit “Fever Dream (feat. Dvchess)” from the vinyl edition of the 2023 debut LP “Midnight Sun” [Veego Records]
- Seattle-based minimal synthpop /darkwave solo project PROFIT PRISON “A Matter Of Tact” from upcoming LP “Gilt” on AVANT! Records
- Brighton, UK-based EBM /Darkwave /Coldwave duo Massive Luxury Overdose “Crush” from “Electra Complex” EP
- Barcelona‘s EBM /electronic /synth-wave /synthpop act SDH (Semiotics Department Of Heteronyms) “Talk In Dreams (M!R!M Remix)”
- Moscow based EBM /new beat /darkwave /synthpop duo of German roots, May Diem – “Maus” off the EP “Euphorie” [Oberwave Records]
- Toronto‘s EBM /industrial /darkwave/dark electronic project by ex-Crystal Castles drummer and producer Cam Findlay, aka KONTRAVOID “Death Shot” from the album “Detachment” [Artoffact Records]
- Hungarian synth noir duo Emese ‘Emke’ Arvai-Illes (vocals) and Krisztian Arval (synth), aka Black Nail Cabaret “Neurons” from the sixth album “Chrysanthemum (Deluxe Edition)” [Dependent]
- Brooklyn, NY EBM /post-industrial electronics brainchild of Fade Kainer, aka STATIQBLOOM – “Hidden From Form” from the LP “Kain” [Sonic Groove]
- Palmira, Colombia EBM /industrial /minimal synth/ minimal wave solo project HUMAN 80 “Voltage 01” single [Nevel Records]
- Vienna-based darkwave /industrial /experimental pop /post-punk /art-project duo of Turkish origin, Zack Zack Zack “Oluler Susar (Emmon Remix)” from the remix LP “Album 2.5” [Rennweg Records]
- US/Switzerland New Wave /Synth-Pop /Synthwave act of Jared Kyle and Slade Templeton, aka DEAD ASTRONAUTS “Christine” from upcoming 4th album “Ghosts” [Cold Transmission Music]
- German industrial /synthpop solo act Rotoskop “After Midnight (Rotoskop‘s Kulttempel Remix)” off “After Midnight (Rotoskop Remixes)” EP [Infacted Recordings]
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin darkwave /synthpop collaborative project of electronic musician Stephen Mork, Somegirl “The Dead of Night” single [Fangtasia Music]
- Finland post-punk /synthpop /darkwave solo project, aatutammela “gray concrete / серый бетон” single
- Viennese coldwave /synthpop /synthwave producer BLANK PICTURE “Catch Me” single [A-Dur Records]
- NYC‘s new wave /coldwave /darkwave /post-punk trio Bootblacks “When You Want” single [Artoffact Records]
- Swedish 3-piece goth post-punk band THEN COMES SILENCE “Ride or Die” from the upcoming 7th LP “Trickery” [Metropolis Records]
- Halifax, Nova Scotia DIY post-punk /darkwave /synthpop solo project BLEACHED HEAT “We’ll Both Die” from the new EP “ANOMIE”
- Parisian Post-punk /Cold Wave duo Curtain “I can’t say no” from upcoming LP “Between Us” [Manic Depression Records]
- Bordeaux, France sci-fi /romantic /wave /darkwave solo project Protocell “Radio Silence” single
- Sardinia, Italy-based Dark Wave /Gothic Rock /Decadent Wave act (ex Lacrime di Cera), Lacrima Noir “L’Azzurro Silenzio” from the upcoming album “l’Attesa Che Uccide” [SwissDarkNights]
- Andover, UK post-punk /darkwave /gothic rock 3-piece ECHOSCOPE “Love Comes Tumbling Down” from “The First Kiss of Summer” EP
- Seattle, WA based Coldwave /Darkwave solo DIY project of Daniel Hart, aka Festering Wounds “I LOVE MY government”
- Berlin-based electronic darkwave act Preset Paradigm “Living For The Night” single
- Dallas, TX coldwave /darkwave solo project BREATH PLAY “My Name” from “Temptation” EP
- San Diego-based post-punk /darkwave project TWIN ION ENGINE “Idée Fixe” second single off of TWIN ION ENGINE’s upcoming album ”Dark Fetish”
- Rome, Italy coldwave /darkwave /post-punk project of Marco Cattani (a member of Halo Effect), CHEMICAL WAVES “Nightcrawler (feat. DEAD DECADE)” from the album “The End of Everything – Part Two”
- Prato, Italy synth wave /post-punk band Tanks And Tears “Galaxies” first single from the new album “Timeawave” [SwissDarkNights]
- Parisian coldwave /darkwave solo act Eternal Gardens “Manuscript” from the LP “I Love Dead People”
- Kendal, UK eclectic darkwave DIY solo music producer Klaus Devore, aka Claustraphobia “Maybe You Will Live Forever” single
- Turin, Italy art-rock /industrial /post-punk /darkwave band Estetica Noir “The End Of Moraliadays” off the upcoming new album “Amor Fati” [SwissDarkNights Label]
- Živinice, Bosnia & Herzegovina darkwave /post-punk project MoonPhobia “Lost In The Darkness” debut single
- Italian post-punk /darkwave solo project of Luigi Buonaiuto from Florence, TERMINAL SERIOUS “Walk On A Roof” from the second album “Fear And Cure” [Swiss Dark Nights]
- Melbourne-based goth /darkwave /shoegaze /post-punk band Locust Revival “Locust Haus” new single
- Florida Goth /Shoegaze /Post-punk solo act Last Grasp “Confessions of Winter” single
- French coldwave /goth rock /post-punk solo project Kaezaccio “Something Beneath” single
- Hanover, Germany industrial /noise-rock /post-punk band FRTG13 “Piping behind the Shadows” from the cassette album “Paralysed Paradise”
- Polish DIY New Wave /Post-punk band from Poznań, Yakutian Cult “Fasciantion” from “A Light That Never Fades” EP
- Berlin-based spaghetti western synth-punk trio Die Anstalt “Schon OK” single
- Manchester, UK new wave /post-punk trio Nightbus “Exposed to Some Light” off 2-track 7″ single “Exposed to Some Light / Average Boy” [So Young Records]
- UK post-punk quartet based in Yorkshire, LUMER “Dead Conversations” single
- Glasgow-based indie rock /post-punk /indie pop band (members of Current Affairs, Nightshift, Order of the Toad and Robert Sotelo), DANCER “Bluetooth Hell” from upcoming debut album “10 Songs I Hate About You” [Meritorio Records]
- Berlin-based art rock /post-punk /garage rock band Lemongrab “Yeehaw” from the vinyl 12″ LP “I spy with my little eye” [U-Bac]
- Newcastle, Australia bedroom egg-punk /garage /synth-punk solo act Busted Head Racket “Need for Speed” single off upcoming record “Go! Go! Go!” [Erste Theke Tontrager Records]
- UK archaic drones /medieval /folk horror /dungeon synth act Order Of The Arcane “Bane Of The Axe” from self-titled cassette album “Order Of The Arcane” [Dustopian Frequencies]