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

• Glasgow-based 4-piece EBM /synth-pop /darkwave /dark electronic outfit Mercy Girl “No Sound” single
  

The Scottish outfit return with a darker, thicker and ominous new single cloaked in a sultry haze of unsettling danger, that shudders over undulating clattering, EBM-fueled, bass lines, cut through by metronomic stomping beats, to flicker beneath a synth-laced firestorm of sinister droning swarms, urging softly roused female vocals toward an encounter that fuses heartlessness with desire.

• London electronic /synth-punk /darkwave duo HIDING FROM AMY “Deliverance” from “0002” EP
  

After a debut album recorded in one go at the start of the year, London’s Darkwave newcomers inject irresistible dance impulses through revving, lashing beats, ominously jolting, gurgling basslines, and swarming uncanny synth chimes, swirling over arrogant, shadowy spoken words, and fearful, distressed vocals, battling for control amidst scathing, haunted screams. Our favourite, alongside the groovy and mechanical, German-language inflected “Untergang”, with an intoxicating combination of electrifying rhythms, sensual and rousing vocals and magnificent sweeping synths that seep into your skin and give you shivers.

• Post-punk /gothic rock three-piece band from Berlin, Sorry We Weren’t Here Before “Vibrations Will Told” first single from the debut “Forest Lights” EP [Agoge Records]

Berlin-based power trio delve into the colder and barebone spirit of the 80s inflected contemporary Gothic /Post-punk sound with an visceral lacing of skipping, thumping rhythms and sharp, crunchy guitar riffs, to vibrate with obsessive, painful stridency against strong baritone vocals, rising with layers of elevated passions straining to find light in darkness.

• Italian ambient /noir /doom jazz solitary incarnation of Adriano Vincenti (Macelleria Mobile di Mezzanotte, Detour Doom Project), Before Doom “IV” from “Nothing More Than Murder” EP [Signora Ward Records]
• London-based darkwave singer/ songstress Evi Vine “Lovesong” (The Cure cover)
  
• Melbourne, Australia collaboration between post-punk /rock’n’roll rebel Cong Josie and Garry Sacred (aka Garry Gray) of the seminal ’80s band Sacred Cowboys, Cong Josie & Garry Sacred “I’ll Be Gone” (originally by Spectrum 1971) single [It Records]
• Sheffield, UK-based legendary 80’s goth /post-punk /darkwave /neo-classical group centered around twin brothers Klive and Nigel Humberstone, IN THE NURSERY “Argent (wip instrumental)” from “Miscellanea 10” collection series of rediscovered 4-track cassette recordings, unreleased demos and mini-disc mixes from the ITN archive.
  
• Krasnodar-based ambient /darkwave /neoclassical duo (ex-members of The Ecstatic Spells), Midfall Vibes “Midfall Vibe” 2-track debut single
  
• Astana, Kazakhstan Post-punk /Gothic Rock /Darkwave solo project moonvampire “I’ve died for you so many deadly nights” single
  
• Albuquerque, New Mexico goth /post-punk /coldwave /darkwave solo project, Slow Danse With The Dead (SDWTD) “Still It Haunts” single
  
• Melbourne, Australia solo Darkwave /Post-Punk /Shoegaze musical project of RG Erwin, aka Victorian Darkwave “Wasteland” single
  
• Grodno, Belarus goth /post-punk /darkwave solo project Aven Graph “Amok” from “Fragmentation” EP
  
• Sweden‘s darkwave /synthpop duo The Skepsis “Out in the cold” single
  
• Buenos Aires, Argentina darkwave /post-punk solo project of César Natali, Blue Remains “Ocean’s Scar” single
  
• Detroit, MI Dark Post-Punk band ENTRIES “Broken Beat Demo” single
  
• Józefów, Poland coldwave /post-punk band Dead Tahiti “Zatańczę” from the Split LP with Spalone Mosty [NoPasaran Records / DYI Koło]
• Kendal, UK eclectic darkwave solo project Claustraphobia “Never To Be Found” single
  
• Australian 4-piece goth /wave /post-punk band (members of The Faculty, Alien Nosejob and Exhaust World) from Melbourne, Body Maintenance “Golden Fire” from the second LP “Far From Here” [Drunken Sailor Records]
• French 4-piece new wave /cold wave band Blockhaus Noir “Andropause” single [CRAIGNOS]
• Athens, Greece punk /synth wave /urban dungeon synth project ξόρκι “Σατανικός Πανικός” single
  
• French experimental /dark electro /minimal synth /synth-pop solo recordings of a founder member from early 80s synth duo DEUX, Cati Tête – “Edging Symphony” from the album “Strange Kabuki Doll”
  
• Portland, OR post-punk /synth wave foursome La Isla Electronica “No Digas Nunca” from debut  S/T EP [Distort Reality]
• Mexico City electroclash /synth pop act KONTROLLER “Broken” from “Goodbye” LP [Electrosound]
• Santiago, Chile synth wave /electro rock duo Litúrgica “Funky Elephant” single     
• Californian dark house /dark wave /electronic producer Vick Vapors “Better Someday” single
  
• Cologne, Germany EBM /new wave /post-punk band started in 1988 by former Pink Turns Blue guitarist and singer Thomas Elbern, aka Escape with Romeo “You need the drugs” single [Zeitklang]
• Spanish Dark Wave/Post Punk/Synth Pop trio from Seville and Malaga, Sex Code “Self Destruct” (Anne Clark cover, 1985)
  
• Arkansas-based EBM /synth-punk /scuzz wave artist Damien Hearse “LECTIO DIVINA” from the LP “Crossed”
  
• Late 70s/early 80s industrial /synth /post-punk pioneers of the Los Angeles underground art damage electronic music scene, Grey Factor “12XU” (Wire Cover) from “When The Future Arrives Without You” 2xCD compilation of the band’s two albums, plus 2 unreleased new covers [Tiny Global Productions]
• Athens-based Greek dark synthwave punk band Hekátē “Ricochet” from the LP “Μαύρη Tρύπα | Black Hole”
  
• Minimal synth /darkwave band from Hungary, Cawatana “Splintered” single
  
• Belgian conceptual techno-pop duo, aka METROLAND “Improving The State Of The World” from “Reset” EP, 4th and final EP from their album “Forum” [Alfa Matrix]
• Vienna-based, Turkish-born Synth Wave /Post-Punk duo Zack Zack Zack “Duvar” single
  
• Geneva, Switzerland-based post-punk /new wave /synth-pop quartet Lone Assembly “In the Open” single [Irascible Music]
• Berlin-based electropop /new wave /synth-wave solo music project of Laslo Antal from Sixth June, DIESEIN “Pain” first single from the upcoming album “I like it / I hate it”
  
• California goth /industrial /electronic/dark wave artist Soft Vein “HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN” (Eurythmics cover) from “FROM ANOTHER ROOM” EP [Artoffact Records]
• Ukrainian post-punk /coldwave act Aircraft “Orphan” single
  
• Budapest, Hungary EBM /darkwave /dark electronic trio Synthetic Destiny “Sealed Lips” second single
  
• KALTE NACHT – “Trust Fall (Nightcrawler Remix)” from “Cold Transmission Music Remixes” EP 12″ (a collection of Spanish dark electronic ace producer Nightcrawler‘s remixes for the German label Cold Transmission Music
  
• Greek Electro /Synth-Pop /Synth Wave duo based in Athens, Toxic Razor & Kriistal Ann, aka Paradox Obscur “Switch To Love” from the upcoming LP “IKONA” [Metropolis Records]
• Augsburg-based dark synth /electro noir /synth wave /electronic project by the vocalist of The Violent Youth, Artur Tsymbal, aka MAISON TRISTESSE “Stay” single
  
• Longford, Irish goth /electronic /synth-punk /darkwave producer O₩LS – “Skin on Skin” from the debut LP “Death Games” [Negative Gain Records]
• Collaboration between Texan darkwave artist Vera Gloom and Parisian dark electronic producer Fluid Ghost, Vera Gloom & Fluid Ghost “Hate” single []
• UK EBM /synth-pop /darkwave solo act (half of Powderpaint), Shonalika – “Maggot” single
  
•  UK dark electronic /industrial /techno /noise project of Jamie Blacker, ESA [Electronic Substance Abuse] “Pound of Flesh” from the upcoming “Sounds for your Happiness” LP [Negative Gain Productions]
• Austria-based dark ambient /post-punk /dark disco /experimental sound project of one half of the duo “Zack Zack Zack,” CEMGİL “ENTSCHULDİGUNG” single
  
• German electroclash /house /techno /synth wave DJ-producer and Dina Summer co-founder Jakob Häglsperger, aka Kalipo “Alles” title track of the upcoming fifth album “Alles” [ Iptamenos Discos]
• Los Angeles darkwave /synth-pop /experimental dark electronic duo Life Afterlife “Electrify” from the upcoming EP “AFTER.LIFE” [Negative Gain Productions]
• Leipzig-based, German indie dance /synth-pop duo New Hook “What People Saw” single [Nothing Is Real]
• Los Angeles-based dark synthpop trio BlakLight “Buried Alive” new single off the upcoming album, “The Haunting of Us”
  
• Norway dark synth pop artist Fabbrica 82 “Cracking Again” single
  
• German synth-pop act ELEKTROSTAUB “Falling feat. Echo Image” from “Falling” EP [Alfa Matrix]
• Blackpool, UK goth /synth wave /dark rock act led by Kyle Wilson, AUGER “Where Do We Go?” single [The Big Chair]
• Gothic rock band from Finland, Distant Stares “Fragile Enough (For Love)” from the debut s/t LP
  
• Ukrainian deathrock /goth band Old Cat’s Drama “SIAYVO” single
  
• Birmingham, UK goth rock /post-punk /darkwave duo Black Rose Moves “Lips Taste Blood” from the upcoming debut “Death Dance” EP
  
• Wien‘s Gothic Rock /Dark Wave band WHISPERS IN THE SHADOW “Illusions Of Grandeur” 2nd single from the upcoming 12th studio album “Rapture” [Icy Cold Records]
• Italian darkwave /post-punk one-man band from Villa Latina, IC2 “Fading Shadows” single
  
• Lyon, France cold wave /post-punk band RANK “So Pure” second single from upcoming LP “Heaven”
  
• Medan, Indonesian Post-Punk band Pullo “Entity” from “Lifeless Eyes” EP
  
• Belgrade, Serbian gothic rock /post punk solo project of Blažo Kljajić, aka Blejz “Park na Vuku” first single
  
• Leipzig, Germany darkwave /post-punk solo project of Christopher Heinze, aka LORNING “Secret Smile” from the LP “Other Void / Other Rooms” [Danse Macabre Records]
• Lima, Peru darkwave /post-punk project BLEAKNOUS “Hard Love” single
  
• Danish post-punk /goth-rock /coldwave project of composer and producer B7, aka HOUSE OF SIGHT “Favourite Girl” from “Oracle” EP [HaloHouse]
• Adelaide, Australian lo-fi /indie /synth-pop /post-punk project New Labour “Index” from the 2-track single “Day of Creation”
  
• Victoria, Canada Darkwave /Shoegaze /Post-punk duo Small Pleasures “Mon Amour” from the debut LP “Songs For Lovers”
  
• Chicago‘s noise rock /post punk /art punk trio Ganser “Black Sand” from the upcoming LP “Animal Hospital” [Felte Records]
• Chicago post-punk trio Lifeguard “Like You’ll Lose” from the debut LP “Ripped and Torn″ [Matador]
• Washington, D.C. post-punk band (former members of The Crownhate Ruin, Alarms & Controls), Bed Maker “Two Left Feet” from s/t LP [Dischord Records]
• Leeds, UK  DIY Tech-no-wave duo, Polevaulter “Robertson ii” single
  
• San Diego based EBM /noise /electronic /punk band of Nathan Joyner (Psychic Graveyard, Some Girls, Hot Nerds), Jung Sing (Silent, Maniqui Lazer), Tin Cagayat, and Justin Pearson (The Locust, Deaf Club, Dead Cross), aka All Leather “Mystery Meat” from “Amateur Surgery On Half-Hog Abortion Island” LP [Three One G]
• New York synth-punk duo Storage Unit “Faith In Football” from the cassette “Das Demo” LP [Pop Affliction Records]
• Croatian New Wave /Art-Punk trio How Yes No “Aparatčik” from the second EP “Simple Tones” [Vesela kornjača/Jolly turtle]
• Lo-Fi /Dark Dungeon Chiptune project Vitreous “Rumors Of A Hidden Passage” from the cassette LP “Hyrule Castle” [Personal Uschi Records]
• Sweden dark ambient /darkwave /drone /dungeon synth act Ghoëst “The Majestic End (Part III)” from “The Majestic End” LP [Dark Dungeon Doom Productions]
• Ontario comfy /fantasy dungeon synth project (member of The Hearthen Ring), Moss Knight “Slowly Wringing Out Cold, Worn, Heavy Garb to be Hang Dried o’er Sleepy Embers” from “Sogg’ed Burlap Boots” EP