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

• Los Angeles-based deathrock /goth /post-punk band Pins and Needles “Never Forgive You” from “Witch” EP
  

The experienced yet erratic L.A. trio, back after a long hiatus, carries us into an electrifying aura where the timeless 80s goth post-punk and deathrock echoes are reinterpreted with fresh, raw energy and earnest passion. Worth singling out the compelling EP opening: stoked up by an unforgivable betrayal, unrestrained hammering drumming and luring humming pulses of an urgent meandering bassline propel harsh guitar riffs, laced with aching distortions, to soar over a fierce crescendo as haunted, bitter vocals deny a cozy make-up by rising into angry, pain-filled screams, “I’ll never forgive you!”

• Gothic rock band from Finland, Distant Stares “Strange Absence” single
  

Finnish rockers with a classic Gothic-laced track about loneliness, alienation, and the danger of enjoying the darkness, sets a vibrant, menacing backdrop of hypnotic rhythms, sonorously ominous elastic basslines, evocative, echo-filled piercing guitars and uncanny frigid synth washes around a powerful, magnetic baritone vocal, blending cold, ominous observations with warm emotional longing and agonized wails to, as always, seamlessly pull out the most inner, heartfelt disturbing emotions of each track.

• Los Angeles synth-driven /new wave /darkwave solo project of Gerren Reach, aka Blood Handsome “Dreaming In Silver” single from the upcoming LP “Nostalgia Hold” [Strict Tempo]

Enhanced by a dark and sultry refined production, “Dreaming In Silver” draws us into a stirring, and hypnotic dancing embrace of cinematic synth flows, fueled by a vibrant underpinning of stiff lashing drum patterns and lithe, quivering bass lines, as spindly glowing chords wistfully swing in unison with gentle, earthy caring vocals, comforting a loved one who has been hurt.

• Detroit, MI experimental /folk rock /neofolk music project founded in 2002, In Ruin “Don’t Wake” from “Don’t Wake / Where Is My Moon?” [single]
• Zurich, Switzerland shoegaze /post-punk /wave solo-project Blanche Biau “Tambourine” from the debut album “Heartcore”
  
• Italian dark wave /post-punk band The Carnage Visors “The Underground Kiss” single
  
• Russia synthwave /dark pop solo project Тихожитье – “Искать тебя” single 
• Chicago duo goth /post-punk /shoegaze /synth-pop /electronic duo Rani Young and Jason Kersting, aka Girl Detective “Like a Rose” from the debut LP “Photo Booth”
  
• Budapest, Hungarian Goth / Dark Wave four-piece band Cold Contrast “Way Too Far” single
  
• UK eclectic darkwave solo project of Klaus Devore, Claustraphobia “Dreaming Under An Open Sky” from the album “Music For The Crestfallen”
  
• Italian Cold Wave /Occult Wave duo Philippe Marlat and Stephan Seth AKA iamnoone “MFN” title track of the EP “MFN” [Cold Transmission Music]
• Minsk, Belarus darkwave /post-punk trio Dlina Volny “Bliss” single  [Italians Do It Better] 
• Adelaide, Australia gothgaze /minimal wave /darkwave act Monoworld “Spent” single
  
• Toronto, Canada experimental /EBM /wave /electro /techno producer Darren Alias – “FAINT OF SOURCE” off “Ritual” EP [Self Released]
• Coldwave /Synth Wave solo project of Leh z żywicy from Poland, Żywica “Manifest” single
  
• Columbus, Ohio-based minimal modular synth musician Jeff Deane (aka Ideal/Image), aka Our Unseen Guest “Factory Luv” from “Recursion Dawn” EP
  
• Los Angeles-based Synthpunk / Minimal Synth solo project of James Thornton, aka LOSSES “Programmer” single
  
• London‘s new wave /post-punk /synth-punk band Lash “No Space Left” off upcoming “Off The Leash Demos” LP [Gob Nation]
• Berlin-based, Ukrainian darkwave /new wave /synth-pop one-man band Aircraft “On the edge” single
  
• Edmonton/Calgary 4-piece Death/Wave band DRSE “End of Time” from 2-track single “Ribbon Of Blood”
  
• Tasmania, Australia industrial /darkwave /post-punk group The Black Sea Carnys “The Fool” from the sophomore “Cultland” EP
  
• Los Angeles-based Coldwave /New Wave /Post-punk /Darkwave solo project FEVR “No Regret” from “VACANT” EP
  
• Sweden‘s darkwave /synthpop duo The Skepsis “Lady Of The Dark” single
  
• Nashville, Tennessee goth /industrial /darkwave duo Mourning Candle “N0S4A2” third single
  
• Montreal, Quebec goth /dark electro /post-punk /darkwave act SEXSOMNIA “Forbidden – Shadow Mix” from “Forbidden” EP
  
• Berlin-based dark electronic /darkwave duo NNHMN “The Secret” from upcoming EP “Opera Of Lust & The Art Of Sorrow Pt 1” [K-Dreams Records]
• New York-based EBM /Synthwave /Electro-Industrial duo of Eric Shans and Augustine Backer, aka Fermion “Conflicted” title track of the “Conflicted” LP [Re:Mission Entertainment]
• Lisbon-based occult Dark Electronic duo of João Vairinhos (LÖBO, Wildnorthe) and Sara Inglês, aka NECRØ “Into Oblivion (Madd Rod & Radondo Remix)” [COLD TRANSMISSION MUSIC]
• US EBM /coldwave /drone /synth-pop /post-punk /electronic collaborative project of Augustus Muller (Boy Harsher) and Cooper B. Handy aka LUCY (The Taxidermist, Club Casualties), Safe Mind “Brick Store” from the debut LP “Cutting the Stone” [Nude Club Records]
• UK drum & bass /post-punk /coldwave project of ‘gloom maker’ producer Calam Wright, aka Earth Surrender “Outlines” single
  
• Melbourne, Australia electro-pop band PARRALOX “Never Let Me Down Again V6 (Extended)” (Depeche Mode Cover)
  
• Olomouc, Czechia dark synth /post-punk /darkwave project Ashen Decay “Over You” off “Over You / Suffocate” single
  
• Berlin-based Electronica /Darkwave /Synthpop duo Radarfield “Séance” single
  
• UK Synth Pop/ New Wave trio Magnetic Skies “Back To Life” single
  
• Hamburg, Germany new wave /synth-pop duo Sea of Sin “Faith!” single
  
• Los Angeles-based synth-pop /new wave /post-punk duo Brian Tarney and Brian De Mert, aka Sacred Skin “This Pressure” first single from the upcoming third LP [Artoffact Records]
• Post-Punk / Surf-Goth solo project from Melbourne, Australia. Desmond Doom “Antichrist” from “Bats At The Beach” EP
  
• Portland, OR post-punk /new wave duo Perimeters – “Tripwire” (home demo)
  
• New York-based indie rock /new wave /post-punk solo project, Stare Away “Perfect Escape” single
  
• Montreal, Canada, Gazey Post-Punk four-piece SEAVER “Strangers (Evermore)” from the debut EP “impermanence” [Velouria Recordz]
• Malang, Indonesia coldwave /post-punk solo act (FKA Closure), Masurai – “Manusia” from the 2-track single “Manusia/Pakar Praktisi” [Haum Entertainment]
•  San Diego‘s Post-Punk band Vertical Patrols “Always” single
  
• Philadelphia, PA-based coldwave /post-punk group The True Faith “One More” from the 2-track “One More b/w Wait” Ltd. West Coast tour 7″ single [à La Carte Records]
• French–Swiss–Spanish shoegaze /post-punk trio RASKOLNIKOV “Stockholm II” from the LP “Stockholm” [Manic Depression Records]
• Nice, French post-punk /gothic rock band formed in 1992, Corpus Delicti “Room 36” single off upcoming LP “Liminal”
  
• Portland, OR goth /dark punk /doomgaze band ESSES “Low” off the upcoming album “Pain at the Altar of Jest” [Seeing Red Records]
• Auckland, New Zealand, four-piece Post-punk band Soft Bait “Sooner” from “Life Advice” LP [flying nun records]
• Toulouse, France coldwave /synth-punk solo act trait d’union “la nuit n’en finit plus (Petula Clark Cover)” from 2-track single “dure reprise”
  
• French garage rock/egg synth punk outfit from Marseille, Technopolice “Sortir Le Soir” from the upcoming LP [Howlin Banana Records / Idiotape Records]
• Indianapolis hardcore /noise /dance /post-punk /punk five-piece (aka Doppler Radar and the Local News), D.R.L.N. “A to B” from “A to B & No Prophecy” single [Sauna Suit Recordings]
• Madrid, Spain garage punk outfit LA LLAMA “For The First Time” from “Psychotic Nerve Sp” EP [Idiotape Records]
• German Dark Ambient /Adventure /Fantasy /Dungeon Synth duo Gilgareth “Tyrfing (Single Version)” from “Tyrfing” [EP]
• Lo-Fi /Dark Dungeon Chiptune project Vitreous “Exploring The Castle Garden” from the cassette LP “Hyrule Castle” [Personal Uschi Records]
• French drone dark ambient /drone /experimental /dungeon synth /medieval music side project of Baddoar, aka Syrvante “Vive le Régicide” from “Malaventure II” EP
  
• Victoria, BC dark ambient /ritual ambient /new age /drone /forest synth project Dark Cascadian Forests “Endlessness” long-form piece