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

Weekly Post-Punk // Darkwave // Dark Synth Tips – JULY 2024 – #28-24

photo by Erwin Blumenfeld

PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Italian dark wave /post-punk /new wave band founded in 2011, Danser La Nuit “Grateful Daylight” single via SwissDarkNights Label

Compelling 80s-inspired synth-laced New Wave from the Italian act builds an electrically charged bass-driven dancing domain of strobing and swirling hypnosis around angsty romantic vocals and ecstatic falling cries, lifted by penetrating flourishing of melancholic shivering synth melodies, pleading with a loved one to make up their mind.

Melbourne, Australian industrial /coldwave/ synthpop /dark electronics producer Andrew Dun, aka ONTIC “Sacrificial” single

Ontic‘s new single unfolds into ’80s brooding dark synthpop melodicism combined with industrial-charged heavy and pounding marching rhythms, to build an obscure, oppressive, heady realm strained by ominous serpentine rumbling low ends, and tolling synth chimes over haunted emotional vocals and harsh, menacing whispers filled with shadowy obsessions.

Cincinnati, Ohio Post-Punk /New Wave /Cold Wave band LOUSE “Bed of Knives” from upcoming debut album “Passions Like Tar” via Feel It Records

Remembering the ‘Bed of Knives’ one is used to dealing with, yields an intoxicating pain-fueled stream of rubbery resonant basslines, shimmery skeletal strums, obsessive, thickly textured, ethereal guitar riffs, enveloping cinematic synth depth and agonized vocals to drive a captivating heartfelt trip down the memory lane of the best bits from the moody and atmospheric new wave from the 80s.

Indonesia dark ambient /dungeon synth project Spiral Aurora “Untitled IV” off the EP “The Majestic Purity of Winter”
Australian neo-folk act Sun Vessel “The Last Refuge” single
London-based industrial /soundtrack /downtempo /electronic project of Martin King (Test Dept / Pigface), Roberto Soave (Associates/ Presence) and Jared Louche (Chemlab / Prude), aka Dogtablet “The Red Tile (Ft. Sapphira Vee)” from the EP “Six Lives”
Luzern, Switzerland darkwave duo Nadanix “Gewitternacht” single
Miami, FL obscure gothic darkwave project, Bleak Cathedral “Veiled Dreams from the first demo album “Embers of Faith”
Kazakhstan post-punk /darkwave solo project moonvampire “Dead Inside” from “Bogema” LP
Paris-based, French Dark Post Punk /Cold Wave /Goth Rock band Soror Dolorosa “Tear It Up” from the upcoming LP “Mond” via Prophecy Productions
Los Angeles-based darkwave /synthwave collaboration, Fevr, Vick Vapours “So Tired” single
Kuantan, Malaysia darkwave /new wave /post-punk band Quarter Life – “Virtual Bodies” from “Secret EP I:Death Of The Analog”
North Carolina gothic rock /dark wave /post-punk solo project SAIPH “Silver Eyes” single
Spanish post-punk /darkwave artist Urco “Promesas Oscuras (Under a dark light mix)”
US coldwave /post-punk /synth wave act Soft Glass – “Defiler” off 2-track “Alive and Well/Defiler” single via Dark Entry Records
Ocala, Florida post-punk /new wave duo COLD EYES “Back And Forth” from (2024 EP)
Belgian solo leftfield /electro /new wave /post-punk /kraut /electronic project of Raphaël Haubourdin, founding member of the Brussels post-punk/electro band Organic, KINEX KINEX “Ping Pong In a Airplane” from “Down Flight” EP
French experimental /coldwave /synthpop /dark folk duo of Victor-Yann (1/2 of Bruta Non Calculant) and Yule, SWESOR BHRATER “To My Animals” from the retrospective compilation “From Stone To Roots” CD via Unknown Pleasures Records
Tbilisi, Georgia EBM/minimal wave /dark electronic project of Giorgi Sirabidze, aka GOTE “Found Wanting”
Rome, Italy-based Polish dark wave /minimal synth solo act Olgha “Twoja Lorelei (Kapitan Nemo cover)” from “AVANTI” EP
Frankfurt am Main based Synth [Post] Punk band der Gang_350 “Vor welchem Krieg” from the cassette “compilation” collection of the band’s 3 EPs via George Korea label
Paris, French Darkwave /Post-Punk solo project NAM’S “Power” single
Berlin-based denglish neue darke welle act Schnallo “Kopft Kino” single
Hungarian dark electro /synthpop duo Post Analog Disorder “Dark & Light” single
Berlin-based, Buenos Aires-native EBM /cold wave /dark disco /post-punk /synthpop /electro DJ-producer Skelesys “Pictures In My Mind feat. Curses” first single off forthcoming debut album [Pinkman]
California retro-synth-pop band led by James Edward, Male Tears “Get Out of my Life” off the 2nd debut album “Paradísco” via Avant! Records
Los Angeles-based darkwave /synthpop project of Canadian producer, singer, and performer Robert Alfons aka TR/ST “All at Once” from upcoming “Performance” LP via Dais
Chicago darkwave /goth/ synth-pop band clubdrugs “Drag You Down” single
Lisbon-based industrial /synth wave /dark electronics duo NECRØ “Into Oblivion” new single via Cold Transmission Music
Austin, TX coldwave /darkwave /minimal synth outfit, FLESH OF MORNING “The Devil in Me” single via à La Carte Records and Blind Rage Records
Naarm/Melbourne EBM /synth-punk /industrial music act Hackitt “A Place Between” from the 2-track single “A Place Between / Dispossession”
Poznań, Poland electro-industrial /EBM /synth-pop one-man music project Aries Musimon “Material World Paranoia” from the debut LP “Mary”
Bern, Switzerland industrial /EBM /post-punk /synth-pop /minimal synth wave collective PLAGUE PITS “Blok” from the new album “Bukolik”
California mid-90s founded, industrial /experimental /post-punk /techno /EBM solo project of Bryon Wilson (Emergency Sequence), Divider “Artifacts (Original Version)” from maxi single “Artifacts” via Re:Mission Entertainment
Asheville, NC Electro /Darkwave duo Cold Choir “Nerves On Concrete” single
Dark-dance electronic side project by Adriano of the Parisian duo Echoberyl, aka Fluid Ghost “Corrosive” from “Sins & Stuff ” EP via Mother Solitude Records
Barcelona post-punk /synth wave /darkwave band Darkways “Fire” single
Richmond, VA dark electronics /darkwave act Petrified Entity “Suffer” from upcoming V/A “Perpetual Concessions” EP [Silent Ground]
Amiens, French darkwave /coldwave electronic project, Mario.D “La Chute” from the album “Viavant”
Frankfurt am Main/Gothenburg electro /synth-pop collaboration SCALA // Vogon Poetry “Hope of Heading Home” from “Home” EP via pbhmedia
Mexico City synth-pop duo AGENTES ELÉCTRICOS “En Tu Alma” from the album “Almas Virtuales” [Electrosound]
New Hope, Pennsylvania Cinematic Post-Punk /Synthpop duo Midnight Party “Subterranean 6 to 6” single
Berlin-based 80s proto-house /new wave /electronic artist Web Rumors “Blithe Echo” from upcoming cassette LP “Travelling Circuits”
Oakland, CA synth-punk /synthpop /synth wave solo project Candy Whips “The Usher” single on Kitten Robot Records
Victoria, British Columbia shoegaze /wave /post-punk duo, Small Pleasures “Limits” title track of “Limits” EP
Saarbrücken, Germany shoegaze /new wave /synth-pop /„Neuen Neuen Deutschen Welle“ solo project Drückeberger “Sterben” from the debut album “Armselig”
Italian coldwave /Post-Punk duo, WILT/PLVCE – “Tropical Sadness” single on Dirty Beach Records
Hungarian Post-punk duo based in Békéscsaba, Empty Story “Vörös a hold” from the lo-fi cassette album “Rehearsal tape”
Californian darkwave /new wave /post-punk solo project LovelyEddie “Lifeline” from “Red Blue” session album
Columbia, South Carolina psych /darkwave /post-punk band Candy Coffins “Ghosts And Friends” single
Taiwan darkwave /gothic rock solo act Hemus“Kiss of Liberty” from “Mirror of Distortion” EP
Toronto, Canada post-punk /gothic rock solo project Cult Message “Return” from 2-track single “Return”
Los Angeles-based art-punk /psych /post-punk band Shock Doctrine “Instant Living” from the first LP “Sapience”
Russian post-punk /cold-wave band from Khabarovsk, SUPERNOVA 1006 “How I Need You (A Place To Bury Strangers Remix)” via Negative Gain Productions
Cologne, German dark wave /electro /post-punk duo Dinner for Deux “Im Kreis” from “Kehrseitenpropaganda” EP
Northampton, UK darkwave /post-punk 5-piece band led by singer-songwriter Kailan Price, aka bloody/bath “Body” new single
Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK post-punk /gothic rock band Social Youth Cult “Black Lipstick (Clings to Me)” from the single “Black Lipstick / Different Language”
San Francisco goth /metal /noise /deathrock band HUMAN TROPHY – “Tears Of Eros” from upcoming second LP “Primary Instinct” via IRON LUNG Records
Sydney, Australia-based post-punk outfit, NEGATIVE GEARS “Pills” from the debut LP “Moraliser” via Static Shock and Urge Records
Chicago post-punk trio Lifeguard “Ministry / Energie” off of “Ministry / Energie” b/w “Telepathic Love” 7″ single via Matador
Melbourne, Australia rock n roll /garage punk trio Delivery “Digging The Hole” single
Auckland, New Zealand four-piece Post-punk band Soft Bait “No Bad Days” single
Berlin-based post-hardcore /indie rock /post-punk trio LAWNS “The Worrier” single via FatCat
Tyne And Wear, the North East of England garage punk band IRKED “Move” from 5-songs EP 12″ via Wrong Speed Records
North American hardcore /garage punk band EYE BALL “L.I.S.T.E.N.” (to be included in the debut LP “GULL SONGS”) off of “L.I.S.T.E.N. + MOOD PIECE” via Noise Merchant Records (tape)
Augsburg 3-piece gloom punk /deutsche post /wohlstandswave outfit Kalte Hand “Kessel” from “Säureblocker” EP
Texas-based ambient /fantasy /dungeon synth act Ceramic Mist – “Other World’s Time” from the cassette album “Shadows Behind Stained Glass” [Realm and Ritual]
US dark ambient /black metal /old school dungeon synth project Erythrite Throne “Gnawing at the Noose of Eternity” from the cassette album “An Offering to the Night Serpent” [Serpent’s Sword]
Austin, Texas Dungeon Synth from The Lands Between, Tarnished Legends “Weaving Magic Amongst the Starlight” from “Celestine Druid” LP
Argentina dark ambient /fantasy /dungeon synth act Northern Eternal – “Hojas en el Viento” from V/A “Volumen II: A Winter Compilation” [Dungeon Synth Argentina]
Indonesia dark ambient /dungeon synth project Spiral Aurora “Untitled I” off the EP “The Majestic Purity of Winter II”