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

• Mexico City-based Minimal Synth solo project of musician Iván Porto, aka Obsolenia “Luces” single
  

The new single by Mexico City synthesist urges others to take notice of this important moment, by gripping and rolling through a clattering, roiling drum programming, droning, undulating bass loops, and obsessively swirling angsty synths, laced with a wailing reedy lead, whilst heartfelt declaiming vocals outstretch into a hopeless vortex of impending urgency.

• New Cold Wave /New Wave side project of Albuquerque, New Mexico-based Goth Darkwaver Slow Danse With The Dead (SDWTD), aka Unknown Body “Confessing Love to Ghosts of the Past” first single
  

One of the first two singles from the New wave inspired, synth-laden side project from New Mexico‘s SDWTD is a chilling Gothic poem delivered by cold, hypnotically uncanny baritone vocals, that hop their way through stumbling, knocking crisp percussions, to slowly withdraw, whilst Confessing Love to Ghosts of the Past, under heavy, desolate, droning sheets of icy ceremonial synth washes.

• Norwegian synth-pop /doomsday pop duo The Murder Mystery “Broken Heart Syndrome” single
  

Another fine dose of moody atmospheric doomsday pop romance from the Norwegian duo with a driving bass line that beautifully meanders with a sinuous, vibrant everlastingness of melancholy, stabbed by achingly sharp, staccato guitar sparkles and lonesome ghostly synth flows over wistful heartbroken vocals, dryly brooding and achingly crooning for love to be reignited.

• Detroit-based post-punk /industrial /experimental electronic duo Mission to the Sun “Dead Friends” from upcoming third LP “Seven Years” [Felte Records]
• English musician, singer, songwriter and frontman of legendary UK gothic post-punk band Bauhaus, Peter Murphy “Meaning Of My Life” from the new LP “Silver Shade” [Metropolis Records]
• Lost solo recordings by early Siouxsie & the Banshees influential post-punk guitarist and composer (“The Scream” 1978 album), John McKay  “Taken For Granted” from the lost album “Sixes And Sevens” (recorded between 1980 and 1989) [Tiny Global Productions]
• New Jersey experimental /leftfield /dub /disco-electro /post-punk /rock ‘n’ roll veteran multidisciplinary artist, performer and musician (Black Egg, Little Claw, Luxury Prevention, Taiwan Housing Project), Kilynn Lunsford “Promiscuous Genes” title track of the upcoming second solo LP “Promiscuous Genes” [Feel It Records]
• France post-punk /coldwave DIY solo music project Closed Mouth “You Don’t Need A God” title track of the 5-track EP “You Don’t Need A God” 12” [Oráculo Records]
• Bologna, Italy darkwave /synth wave /post-punk trio The Black Veils “Have You Seen Bunny Lake?” 2nd single from the upcoming 4th studio album “GASLIGHT” [Icy Cold Records]
• Calgary, Alberta new wave /noise rock /post-punk four-piece Preoccupations “Andromeda” from the LP “Ill at ease” [Born Losers Records]
• Berlin-based darkwave /alternative rock /new wave /coldwave collaborative project of Luca Venezia (Curses) and Damian Shilman (Skelesys), SILVER TEARS “No Retribution” 3rd single from upcoming debut s/t album [AVANT! Records]
• Dijon, France new wave /post-punk band DIAMOND DOG “Solar Waves” single from the upcoming EP “THROBS” [Icy Cold Records]
• Melbourne-based, Australian post-punk outfit Grave Raid “Soft Breeze” single
  
• Portuguese post-punk /minimal wave /darkwave project started in 2014, The Dreams Never End “São Longas Horas” from upcoming LP “Alma Partida” [ANTI-DEMOS-CRACIA]
• Frankfurt am Main/Offenbach post-punk /synthwave /dark music duo Komfort “Tristesse” title track of the debut album “Tristesse”
  
• Los Ángeles-based Shoegaze /Dreampop /Post Punk DIY project of Christian Morales AKA Closed Tear “Fantasy” single
  
• Lucerne, Switzerland new wave /synth-pop band Visions In Clouds “Life In Rewind” from “Leave Me” LP [Icy Cold Records]
• Tempe, Arizona goth /shoegaze /post-punk /synthpop project of Alex West, aka Another Green World “Princess” from the upcoming LP “Chrysalis” [Synth Records (Synthemesc)]
• Brussels-based French musician Dea Hydra‘s solo synth-wave /synth-pop project Luminance “Trop Fragile” from the upcoming 7th album “Dragon Reine” [Objetrouvé label]
• Schaffhausen, Switzerland synth-punk /synth-pop duo Spear Flower “Nothing Grows” title track of the upcoming cassette debut EP “Nothing Grows” [The Supermarket]
• New York City synth-pop duo Observation Room “Workers” from “Self Titled” EP [à La Carte Records]
• Melbourne, Australia minimal coldwave /darkwave /synthwave solo project Spiritual Slum “HEAVEN IS TOO FAR AWAY” from the LP “Luminous Spheres”
  
• Arkansas-based goth /post-punk /synth-punk /scuzz wave artist Damien Hearse “Alienation” from the collection LP “TRASH FACTORY” (orphaned tracks from previous releases plus demos)
  
• Berlin-based EBM /Italo /post-punk /coldwave /minimal wave duo Isolationsgemeinschaft – “Rastlos” from the third album “START. STOP. ZURÜCK.” [Phantom Records]
• Stockholm/Madrid retro minimal synth /synth-pop /proto-EBM band The Berlangas “Perdió el DNI en el Vaticano” from the remastered vinyl 12″ reissue of the only album “Congelado Corazón – Remastered” (originally released on Contubernio Records in 2019) [Discos Sin Dientes]
• Leipzig post-punk /dark synthwave duo Súper Miedo “Fiesta Triste” second single
  
• Spanish EBM /minimal synth /cold wave /dark electro /synthpop duo from Lloret Del Mal, Synths Versus Me “So Far (In Loving Memory of Vanessa Asbert)” from the duo’s final release “So Far” EP 12″ (2015 to 2024) [22Recordings / Oráculo Records]
• Longford, Irish goth /electronic /synth-punk /darkwave producer O₩LS – “Death Games” from upcoming debut LP “Death Games” [Negative Gain Records]
• Stockholm, Sweden industrial /post-punk /dark electronic music collaboration Memoria & Majestoluxe “Closer” single [Novoton]
• Santiago, Chile coldwave /synthpop duo Vioflesh “Naked” from the album “Nostalgia” [darkTunes]
• Bogotá, Colombia darkwave /electro /synthwave /dark electronic solo music project formed in 2019 by Juan Manuel (A.k.a Mel Zb), Noromakina “Requiem” single [Cold Transmission Music]
• Swedish industrial /electrowave /EBM producer Celldod “Kvävd” from “På Liv Och Död” LP [Electronic Emergencies]
• California goth /industrial /electronic/synth-pop /dark wave artist Soft Vein “GOD WHISPERS (Qual Remix)” from upcoming “FROM ANOTHER ROOM” EP [Artoffact Records]
• Guelph, ON goth /dark electro /synth-pop musician Olexa Brisson, aka OLEXA “Close To You” title track of “Close To You” EP
  
• Stockholm, Sweden EBM /industrial /minimal dark synth duo Svaj. “Portent” from “Maggots” EP
  
• Hamburg dark synth-pop /alternative electronic project led by Ronan Harris, aka VNV Nation “By your Side” from the album “Construct” 
  
• German Synthpop Electro project by S. Eicken and D. Wunder, aka Frau Aicon & Das Wunder “Time Machine” single
  
• Richmond, Virginia Industrial /Dark Electronic /Darkwave project Petrified Entity “Surgery” from “Borrowed Time” LP
  
• Cameron, AZ one man darkwave /post punk project by L.Tsosie, Desert Bat “Regret (Not Loving You)” single
  
• US gothic rock project of Renzo Tellez, aka THE RED MOON MACABRE “ELIZA VAMP” single
  
• Gothic rock band from Finland, Distant Stares “Words” single
  
• Malmö, Sweden gothic rock trio Gallows’ Eve “Let The Storm In” from the second LP “For The Black Birds”
  
• Spanish gothic rock /cold wave /post-punk duo (former Cromosoma 3) from Alicante, Sindicato Vertical “Any Trouble” off 2-track single “Any Trouble / After The Pain”
  
• Salt Lake City, Utah post-punk /darkwave solo project BALDUVIAN BEARS “Erosion” from the upcoming 2nd LP “Winter’s End” [darkTunes]
• Russian new wave /post-punk trio from Yekaterinburg, Перемотка (Peremotka) “Наши тени / Nashi Teni” from the LP “Зелёный луч (The Green Ray)”
  
• Chicago-based DIY goth /shoegaze /dream pop /post-punk singer-songwriter Alessia Kato, aka Ghost Days “Red Incarnate” single
  
• Minneapolis-based Peruvian post-punk /darkwave duo Joao “Satyr” from the 2-track single “Sublime”
  
• Brooklyn, NY industrial /no wave /dance /post-punk/noise 4-piece MODEL/ACTRIZ “Vespers” off the LP “Pirouette” [Dirty Hit]
• Helsinki, Finland gothic rock /wave /post-punk band Kasvot “Lasimeri” single
  
• Paris dark punk /anarcho punk band BARREN? “The Opprobrium” from the second album “Once Upon A Death… Our National Industry” [Symphony of destruction / Les Choeurs de L’Ennui]
• Portsmouth, NH psych /rock n roll /punk band Dog Lips “Brain Feeder” first single from upcoming LP “Danger Forward” [Strange Mono]
• Leipzig, Germany Rock’n’Roll /French Rock /Punk band LAXISME “Ecarté” from s/t LP [Phantom Records]
• Los Angeles rock’n’roll /punk rock band The Lasters “A Hit in Greenland” single
  
• French Medieval dungeon synth from Caen, Ramparts “The Awaiting Citadel” from “Ramparts Shadows” album
  
• UK dungeon synth collaboration, Caerdroia | Sokol Keep “The Forest, DARK” Session XIII of the Sokol Keep DIY Session Series
  
• Albion old school dungeon synth project Necromaster “Amidst Blackened” Ruins and Rotting Flesh” from the debut LP “Beyond The Moonlit Peaks”