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

Weekly Post-Punk / Darkwave / Dark Synth Tips #10

Tatsuo Suzuki photography

  • São Paulo, Brazil goth psych punk / post punk duo RAKTA “Flor da Pele” from upcoming album “Falha Comum” on LA VIDA ES UN MUS DISCOS                                                                                                            
  • Seattle minimal synthpop/darkwave solo project PROFIT PRISON “A Strange Situation” from the upcoming “SIX STRANGE PASSIONS” 12″ on Avant! Records                                                                                                       
  • Manchester-born / L.A. based New Wave / Synth-pop project of former Veronica FallsRoxanne Clifford aka PATIENCE “The Girls Are Chewing Gum” from upcoming album “Dizzy Spells” on Night School                          
  • Italian  darkwave / post-punk band (founded in 1989) from Rome, IL GIARDINO VIOLETTO “La Legge del Padre” from the new s/t album
  • Berlin-based, Russian ‘postindustrial apocalyptic darkwave’ project of former half of Monowelt, Daria Leere, aka LEERE “Moh” from upcoming V/A cassette “¡Escúchame, Cabrón!” on Italian Olympics
  • Leeds, UK art rock / noise / post punk trio, DRAHLA “Stimulus For Living” first single from Drahla’s debut album, ‘Useless Coordinates’, out May 3, 2019 on Captured Tracks
  • Polish post punk / darkwave / coldwave project by Mariusz \\VOID\\ Łuniewski from Kraków, Undertheskin “Borderline” from “Negative” album on Θʀ⊿cu⌊⊕ ʀ⋵cøʀɖs                                                                                             
  • San Francisco‘s electronic synth-pop husband/wife duo NRVS LVRS “whatever & ever” new single on Hz Castle
  • Moscow, Russia coldwave / synthpop / synthwave project яблоня [yablonya] ‘устье/mouth’ new single
  • Russian dark synth post-punk band from Moscow, The Forced Oscillations “Sbasibo” new single                     
  • Rostov-on-Don, Russia electronic / synthpop side project of Motorama, letovgorode [Лето В Городе] ‘Ha Mope’ new single                                                                                                                                                     
  • Miami, Florida based Puertorican dark new wave / post-punk duo from San Josè, LUST ERA “Un Mal Sueño (Proyecto Periferia Remix)” from “Ausencia” EP                                                                                                           
  • Paris/Toulouse based French DIY Bedroom Pop / Post-Punk / New Wave / Cold Wave duo HyperSensible “Tendre Temps” bonus track from debut album “d’où l’on vient (on va sans espoir)” out now via Melotron Recordings                                                                                                                                                                
  • Virginia‘s coldwave / new wave / synth-pop solo project English Death “No One Cares” from the new cassette EP “I Saw The Worst In You”
  • New Russian synthpop duo of SpaceInvader and Katya Bris, aka ALWAYS CLOSED “Hold Me” debut single     
  • US electronic / coldwave / synth-wave solo project of Michael Buchanan (Nommo Ogo, and Seacrypt) based in Oakland, CA, Identity Theft “Johari Window” from the Chem Club Records‘ fifth EP “The Wrong Side of History”                                                                                                                                                                      
  • Dublin, Ireland post punk trio ORANGES “Upside Upside” from debut cassette album ‘Hey Zeus’, due out next April through Sligo’s Art For Blind Records.                                                                                                          
  • Montreal, Québec electronic / new wave / synthpop producer and songwriter Xavier Paradis, aka AUTOMELODI featuring Liz Wendelbo – “Les Métros Disparus” from upcoming third album “Mirages au futur verre-brisé” out out May 3, 2019 on Holodeck Records                                                                                        
  • Moscow, Russia noise pop / minimal synth / darkwave duo of Alexander Chiesa (Skverna, Homepage, Horseraddish) and Alina Vaulina (Angedemer), aka GLASNOST [Гласность] ‘Пламя/Fire’ from the debut album ‘Пиета/Mercy’ on IONOFF MUSIC                                                                                                         
  • Los Angeles‘ electronic / coldwave / new wave duo THE PRESENT MOMENT “Remember You” from new album “Split” on Oraculo Records                                                                                                                             
  • Melbourne, Australia post punk / punk band UV RACE “Mr Blame” from forthcoming album “Made In China” on Future Folklore Records/Aarght Records                                                                                                                     
  • Mexican post-punk project of Javi Maldonado, aka NACROMATIC “Helena” new single                                   
  • Mexican synth-pop / post-punk project of Edwin Hernandez aka SheUsedToBeHuman “No Talk”                   
  • French ethereal wave / coldwave / synthwave duo from Paris, Saigon Blue Rain “BPD” new single off upcoming album, “Pink Obsession” on Dichronaut Records                                                                                 
  • Brisbane, Australia post-punk duo Pleasure Symbols ‘Image Reflected’ from their forthcoming LP ‘Closer and Closer Apart’, out May 24th 2019 through Avant! Records                                                                                     
  • Northern Irish synth electronic musician based in Belfast, Crystalline Stricture “Victim” (unreleased 2018)     
  • Khmelnytskiy, Ukraine darkwave /post punk duo Death Rate A Politics “ми оси/my axis” [Lyrics by Ivan Franko 1893]
  • Boise, Idaho goth / darkwave / post punk ‘sad synth trash’ project SCRY “Say Yr Name” debut single               
  • Bordeaux, France goth darkwave / post punk project Reason for Living “Lost In 1985” from the new EP “Lost In 85”                                                                                                                                                                   
  • Virginia‘s dark gothic rock solo project SONSOMBRE “Between” from the upcoming album “The Veils of Ending” on Post Gothic                                                                                                                                                 
  • Indianapolis‘ goth post punk / darkwave group ANGEL-MAKER “Hope Song” from “Angel-Maker / Lowfaith” 4-track split cassette on Convulse Records                                                                                                             
  • Coldwave/darkwave/electronic project from Berlin, Desolation Years “Worlds Apart” from s/t debut EP             
  • Minneapolis‘ Post-Punk / Goth Rock / New-Wave band THE ROPE “Dying Days” from the upcoming album “Lillian” on SwissDarkNights Label
          
  • Rouen, France dark post-punk / coldwave solo project NICE COLD NATION “Facing Life” 2nd track from the next album “Life” to be released the first day of May 2019                                                                                                       
  • Brussels, Belgium based dream-pop / post punk / new wave trio Turquoise “Parabole” from debut 4-track s/t EP”
  • Greek synthgaze 4-piece band from Athens, MOUNT ECHO “Your Explosive Eyes” from the forthcoming debut album “Garden house meditation”.                                                                                                                               
  • Warsaw, Poland coldwave / ethereal wave / melancholic dark pop project Baṣnia “Night of the Lost” from debut album “No Falling Stars And No Wishes” on Alchera Visions                                                                       
  • Melbourne’s DIY synthpop / post punk duo (former members of Ciggie Witch and Pregnancy), Skydeck “Cryptic Bassline Project” from debut LP ‘Eureka Moment’ via Dinosaur City Records (Aus) and Burger Records (USA).                                                                                                                                                           
  • Encinitas, CA goth / post-punk / new wave project VALUEMART “Drown” from the sophomore album “II”
  • London, UK noise-pop / post punk trio Witching Waves “Best of Me” from upcoming new album, “Persistence” out 5th April on Specialist Subject Records                                                                                                 
  • Ukrainian goth / darkgaze / post-punk solo project based out of Kharkiv, Norma Warner “Nothing Can Change” new single                                                                                                                                                   
  • Wenatchee, WA goth / darkwave / post-punk trio DATURA “Split” from the debut EP “Orphans”                     
  • Gliwice, Poland gothic rock / coldwave outfit DANSE MACABRE “Depression” from upcoming s/t album               
  • Paris / St. Brieuc new wave / post punk / coldwave trio WALLENBERG “And There We Are” new single and title track from the upcoming new album out April 3 on D-Monic                                                                         
  • Portland based Goth Techno/Darkwave/Post-Punk project by Conor Knowles, aka DANCING PLAGUE “Dark Age” from upcoming EP “Sulker” on Dead Age Records                                                                                           
  • Montreal, Québec post-punk / post-pop 4-piece BLUE NUIT “Concentration” new single from forthcoming LP “Le jardin des Mémoires” out April 12, 2019 via Michel Records & Requiem Pour Un Twister                            
  • Chicago, IL goth new wave / post punk 5-piece SILENT AGE “Charred (Wildflowers)” from debut vinyl album “Display” on Play Alone Records                                                                                                                      
  • Sidney, Australian noisy / new wave / post-punk band LOW LIFE “Lust Forevermore” from sophomore album “Downer Edn” out now on Goner Records (USA), Cool Death (AUS) and Altar (EU)
  • Veteran 90’s UK gothic rock / post punk trio from Hastings, Children On Stun – “Another Love Another Beginning” from the brand new “Echoes” EP on Armalyte Industries
  • L.A.-based deathrock/synthpunk outfit of Noel Skum (Andrew Clinco of Drab Majesty), Z. Oro (Aaron Montaigne of Antioch Arrow/Heroin/DBC), and Mico Frost (Brian Tarney), VR SEX “Surrender” from the upcoming debut LP “Human Traffic Jam” via Dais Records                                                                                                                               
  • 1982 one-time coldwave / synthpop / post punk / electronic collaboration between Conrad Schnitzler (Kluster, Tangerine Dream), his son Gregor Schnitzler together with Peter Baumann (Tangerine Dream), BERLIN EXPRESS “The Russians Are Coming (Unreleased Mix)” from “The Russians Are Coming” EP on Mecanica
  • French coldwave / minimal synth / synthpop / experimental electronic duo, un homme et une femme “Carbone” from second cassette EP “Marketing Sensoriel” via Euphonic Recordings                                                                 
  • Stockholm, Sweden future pop / synthpop duo of Fredrik Sigeback (Erotic Elk, Vaylon and State of the nation) and Vicomte Arkames (Ad Inferna), MY LOVE KILLS “Love Is Suffering” debut single from upcoming debut album “Glitch” on ScentAir Records.
  • Reutlingen, Germany dark synth / electropop artist FELIX MARC “Substance” title track from new album               
  • Swedish electro synth-pop duo from Stockholm, SINE CITY “Scared Of Living (Lønnkrog Remix)” from “The Last Train Remixes”                                                                                                                                                      
  • Austrian space-rock / psichedelic / krautrock band lead by Albinus Julius, Der Blutharsch and the infinite church of the leading hand “wish I weren´t here” title track of the new album
  • Barcelona based experimental / post-industrial folk / darkwave collaboration beetween Marc O’Callaghan (Pedraforca, +++, Crani Sèptic) and Sergio Méndez, Coàgul & Escama Serrada “Els Regnes Subllunars” from the album “Sub Luna Regis” on Grabaciones Sentimentales                                                                                   

Saul Leiter. Jane Pearson, c.1948