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

• Mexico City-bred Gothic Post Punk band led by brothers Carlos and Ernesto Carapia, Schrödinger – “Caótica Penumbra (Feat. EUROSHIMA)” single
  

Mexican duo team up with cult ’80s Buenos Aires, Argentina act for a haunting bilingual blend of Post-punk moodiness and Darkwave elegance, that is both pain-filled and cathartic. Anchored by lashing beats and meandering, brooding bass lines, the emotional depth of a male/female vocal interplay blurs bitter regret with melancholic pain, to resonate over a shadowy, gloomy, disorienting haze, cut through by flickering, glistening guitars and sparse chiming piano keys, to conjure up an urgent sense of loss and sadness.

• German post-punk /electronic /darkwave duo based in Dortmund, Isocult “Plastik” single
  

Breakbeat propelled new single from the German Darkwave duo, their proper first new track since the end of 2024, unleashes rolling and skittering rhythms made of relentless broken beats, buzzing vibrating low ends and frenetic flickering synth loops, pierced by pricky sad guitar chords, and washes of reverb-drenched sheets that quiver with a high pitched weeping haze to disintegrate wistful, disconnected male vocals into an echoing vortex of angst and gloom.

• Seattle, WA-based Darkwave music brainchild of musician, singer and composer Tony D’Oporto (aka The Gnome), Suffering For Kisses “Complicity” new single
  

After a long hiatus, the electronic-laden darkwave act Suffering For Kisses returns with a new doom-laden single, “Complicity,” to brood on the apocalyptic zeitgeist of the present time, wherein having a selective moral compass due to greed causes systemic corruption and murderous competition. Steady punchy programmed beats, and wobbling bass lines carry solemn, baritone vocals through desolate buzzy synth riffs and trembling, effect-filled emotional guitar layers of sadness, shame, and fear.

• Rennes, Brittany folklore /ritual /experimental /medieval /dark folk project of artist Hoel Von Helvet, aka Yeun Elez “La Salamandre (ft Natura Morta)” from the cassette album “Raven Of Dawn” [Teenage Menopause Rds]
• Rome, Italy dark ambient /ritual /tribal /metal /pagan folk /psychedelic rock musician LILI REFRAIN “Coil” from “Nagalite” LP [Subsound Records]
• Memphis, Tennessee-based wave /synth /minimal post-punk project from Natalie Hoffmann (NOTS), Ben Bauermeister, and Keith Cooper, aka Optic Sink “A Study For Choreography” from “Relentless Metamorphosis: An Original Score” LP, original compositions for the short films of mid-20th century filmmaker, Maya Deren [DIG! Records]
• Amsterdam experimental /wave /electronic /synth duo of producer Pascal Pinkert (Dollkraut) with bassist Timothy Francis, Ambassade “The Influencer Accent” first single from forthcoming album “Manrira” [Pinkman Records]
• Swedish synth electronic /post-punk /darkwave duo from Sundsvall, RED MECCA “I Will Be That Dying Star In Your Sky” forth and the title track from the upcoming album [Massproduktion]
• London, UK synthpop /dark pop solo project of Fear of Men singer, songwriter, and guitarist Jess Weiss, AKA New German Cinema “Swirling Pain” from the debut LP “Pain Will Polish Me” [Felte]
• London-based dark pop /dark wave /synth-pop project of Italian producer Jack Milwaukee, aka M!R!M “Saki” single
  
• Warsaw, Poland EBM /coldwave /electro /post-punk /minimal wave /electronic artist Frank Wodorost “Within Light” single
  
• Toulouse, South of France-based Coldwave /Synth-punk act trait d’union dernier regard from “BDL 25 (Live in Nantes)” LP  recorded on 08/06/2025 during Frozen Fest Teeth.
  
• Denver-based darkwave /shoegaze /industrial pop project of musician Stephen Edmunds, aka Neo Dimes “How to Love” from the upcoming “Alone” LP
  
• Hungarian DIY minimal cold pop /post-punk witch trio PLETYKA “KRUMPLIMÁGIA” from the 5-song “Kedves Kis Gonoszságok” EP [SZÉGYEN KAZETTÁK]
• Denver, CO EBM /darkwave /post-punk /synthpop solo project Geno Beach “Love Is” off “The Conjurer” EP [Pale Dungeon Records]
• Toronto goth /darkwave /post-punk duo Chris Huggett and Nathan Wiltshire, aka Modele “Now It’s Mine” single
  
• Dutch post-punk /darkwave project led by Edwin van der Velde, Bragolin“In This Lightless Hall” from the new LP “I Don’t Like What It Does to Me”
  
• Toulouse, France dark wave /synth-wave duo Constant Silk “History” single
  
• Baltimore, Maryland veteran cold wave synth musician and sound artist Jason Sloan, aka L’AVENIR “Turning Wheel” from “The Wanderer” EP [Soleil Noir Studio]
• Düsseldorf, Germany minimal analog synth wave duo MNGLXMPLR “FLUCHT AUS DEN SYSTEMEN” from the album “NEUE ZUKUNFT” [Carisma Studios]
• Switzerland industrial /synthwave /post-punk /cold wave collective Plague Pits – “The Echaton” from V/A “Schmitz´s Katze & Der Knitterschutz” compilation LP [Kernkrach]
• Belgian EBM /industrial /post-punk /darkwave /dark electronics project of co-founder of The Neon Judgement, Dirk Da Davo, featuring longtime collaborators Glenn Keteleer (Radical G) and Pieter-Jan Theunis, aka Neon Electronics “Disappear” from the final album “Liberation” [Oráculo Records]
• Bologna, Italy electro /post-punk /noise /existentialist trio CARON DIMONIO “Everything is Bright in Darkness – Iamnoone remix”
  
• Santiago, Chile synth-pop /darkwave /coldwave female-fronted duo Vioflesh “Stormy Eyes” from “Melancolia” LP [darkTunes]
• London-based glam goth/dark electronic /industrial pop duo, Dead Lights “(The Edge Of) Dusk” single from the upcoming LP “”  [darkTunes]
• Greek post-punk /industrial pop /darkwave /dark electronic music duo Midnight Poetry “Dracula’s Poison” from the album “Dive into the darkness” [Manic Depression Records]
• Chicago Goth /Darkwave /Synth-pop duo clubdrugs “Still Down” from the album “Lovesick” [Artoffact]
• Berlin-based dark disco /new wave /synth-wave live act of Greco-German duo Local Suicide and Bavarian producer Kalipo, Dina Summer “On The Road feat. Joshua Murphy” single [Iptamenos Discos]
• LA ethereal pop /synth-pop singer and musician Ari Mason “Empires (Fragrance Remix)” from “Creatures X” remix LP (originally released in 2015)
  
• Canada retro /synthpop /new wave duo Violentene “Overcome” off the “Victims Of Light” EP
  
• New York-based minimal wave /synth-pop /synth-wave solo project Rare DM “Compliment” from upcoming LP “Attention”
  
• Los Angeles synthwave /synthpop artist Madeline Goldstein “One Star One Body”, final single from the upcoming full-length “Speaking to the Body” [Artoffact]
• French post-punk /synth wave /EBM /dark electro duo Maman Küsters “Nous Frottons Nos Silex” from “Oniromancia Completa” EP [Oráculo Records]
• Asheville-based harsh industrial /EBM /darkwave solo project by musician Nathan Landolt (also of Secret Shame), Corpse Dust “Push” from “Suffer” EP [DKA Records]
• Hungarian Cyberpunk /EBM /Glitch /Electro/Industrial solo project of Mariusz Bari, aka Planetdamage “Ten-Atom Totem” from the second LP “Killcaps”
  
• Colombia EBM /electro /industrial project of Ali Said, aka EIN SIR “Korrupte Regierungen” [Nevel Records]
• Melbourne, Australia darkwave /synthwave solo project Spiritual Slum “Water On Mars (LGX Remix)”
  
• Athens-based post-punk project of Thessaloniki-native electronic producer, musician and songwriter Nick Chrysochoos, aka THE DEPTHS “Good Girls” third single from the upcoming debut EP
  
• Scottish indie/post-punk band from Glasgow, The Twilight Sad “CHEST WOUND TO THE CHEST” from the sixth LP “IT’S THE LONG GOODBYE” [Rock Action Records]
• London-based dreamy indie-noir outfit Desperate Journalist “White Rabbit” (Jefferson Airplane cover) [Fierce Panda]
• Melbourne atmospheric goth post-punk solo project Locust Revival “Tired of Myself” single
  
• Welsh new-wave four-piece outfit from Cardiff, Maeve “Behind Your Smile” single
  
• Germany-based post-rock /new wave /post-punk band formed in 1988 by former Pink Turns Blue member Thomas Elbern, Escape with Romeo “Sound and the Fury” third single from the 13th studio album “Night After Night”
  
• Warsaw, Poland post-punk /coldwave duo Cold Union “Lost In Black” title track of the EP “Lost In Black” [Oráculo Records]
• Mexico new wave /coldwave /post-punk solo project Public Access Park “Freezing” single
  
• French experimental /post-punk /coldwave project of Yannick Rault, Closed Mouth “Making No Sense” from V/A “Grave Disco Vol.1” LP [Darkitalia]
• Adelaide, Australia Dark Wave /Post-Punk band The Cold Field “Take A Look At My Photo” from the upcoming EP “These Days of Existence” [COLD TRANSMISSION MUSIC]
• Los Angeles Post-Punk band Deceits “One Day You’ll Hurt As Much As Me” single
  
• Montevideo, Uruguay post-punk revival outfit Hangwire “Dosage” from the second album “Eulogy for the Nameless” [Artoffact]
• Montréal, Quebec post-punk-gaze outfit The City Gates “Capitol Hill” new single off upcoming LP [Icy Cold Recordz / Velouria Recordz]
• Portland, OR 4-piece ethereal /horror synth /darkwave /dark post-punk band (members of Murderbait and former members of Phantom Lights and the Minds), Shadowlands “Clicks” from the upcoming fourth album “004”
  
• Chilean Riot Dark Wave duo Diavol Strâin “Nix Dadá” from “Eterno Retorno” LP
  
• Darmstadt, Germany dark wave /post-punk duo Latex “Sinner” from “Silk” LP
  
• Italy goth /batcave /darkwave /post-punk band They Die – “Timeline” title track of the LP “Smoke And Mirrors” [SwissDarkNights Label]
• Gothic rock band from Finland, Distant Stares “Black Car” single
  
• Minneapolis art punk /post-punk band Censer “The Wheel” from the first “Censer” EP demo tape
  
• France coldwave /post-punk /krautwave four-piece Exparty “Parasite” from the debut album “Mild discomfort” [Coeur sur toi / Ganache Records]
• Melbourne-based, 90s-born indie rock /post-punk band S:Bahn “Communicate” new 2-track single from forthcoming LP
  
• Leeds, UK no wave /electroclash /riot grrrl /dance synthpunk three-piece band Fashion Tips “Jeez Louise” from the forthcoming sophomore album “Do You Even Like Music?”
  
• Lleida, Spain anarcho punk /post-punk band SÖT “Busca’m dins la foscor” from “Dos dies, dues nits” EP [Flexi Discos / Andalucia Über Alles / Soroll Records / i Tóxico Records]
• Olomouc, Czechia, hc punk /post-punk band HORY “Sněť” from Demo EP 2026
  
• Łódź, Poland lo-fi /garage punk /post-punk /rockn’roll band Retain Mind “Don’t decide our lives” title track of the EP “Don’t decide our lives” 
  
• France space ambient /cinematic /cosmic /fantasy /dungeon synth /modular electronic project Weress “Visages” from upcoming cassette album “Éveillé” [Ancient King Records]
• Sweden dark ambient /fantasy /dungeon synth project Örnatorpet “Bortom Forna Riken” from “Rariteter & Samlingsspår” collection of archival material [2018-2026]
• US dark ambient /old school dungeon synth project Coniferous Myst “IV. Spiraling Steps” from the cassette LP “A Single of the Fourfold, Wreathed in Shadow” [SOKOL KEEP]
• UK space ambient /kosmishe /dungeon synth project Landsraad “Bi-la Kaifa” from “Codex of Sand” split album with Psychic Hood