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

• Mexican post-punk/new wave duo formed in the city of Guadalajara, CAPITALS “Freedom Melodies” from the upcoming self-titled debut album.                                                                                                                           

Although already unveiled somehow last year, “Freedom Melodies” is a proper way to preview Mexican post-punkers debut LP, through airy synth swells, serpentine bassline and evocative twangy guitar melodies, that intensely frame emotion ridden deep vocals, solitary longing in hopeless darkness.

• Russian veteran gothic rock /post-punk duo from Moscow, DoppelgängeR “Redemption Day” third single from the upcoming 10th album due 2020 on Nightingale Moon Records
  

Moscow‘s duo deftly knows how to grip the listener with a magnificent classic dose of dark, brooding, emotional gothic rock, augmented by stirring wistful guitar shimmers to lit the gloom of weary male vocals trembling in suffering anticipation to be saved from his shameful past.

• Austin//Boston darkwave/minimal synth/coldwave duo of Faiza Kracheni (vocals) & Travis Benson (synths), FLESH OF MORNING “In The Dark” off “Fantasy//In The Dark” lathe cut 7″ single on Annals Imprint
  

After emergiging from anonymity, Austin/Boston duet back with haunting, fluctuating sensual female vocals, that reverberate cold enticing desires into a trance-inducing, enveloping haze of dense clicking rumbling rhythms and cosmic synth expansions, infused of Chris & Cosey mesmeric allure.

• Los Angeles-based dark ambient/experimental/electronic vocalist & field recordist, Megan Mitchell, aka Cruel Diagonals “Topography of an Affliction” new single
  
• Rhode Island-based experimental industrial artist, composer, and performer Kristin Hayter aka LINGUA IGNOTA “Wicked Game” (Chris Isaak cover)                                                                                                                       
• Auckland, New Zealand electronic synthwave trio (Nigel Russell & Weston Price of early 80’s pioneer NZ bands Danse Macabre & Car Crash Set), Diem Redux_“Insula” new single
  
• Los Angeles based dark ambient/electronic/post-industrial collaboration between kaRIN (Collide) and Shikhee (Android Lust), Android Lust and Collide “Are You Listening” new single
  
• Detroit, Mi based solo female industrial electro music project by E. Rohn, aka CHIASM “Are you Okay? [Jean Marc Lederman Remix]” new single on COP International
  
• Chicago, IL downtempo/electronic/darkwave/industrial/trip-hop duo The Head Of A Girl “Stop It” from the debut LP “This place is really nowhere”
  
• Sunderland, UK-based darkwave-electronic two-piece Holy Braille “Heart Braker” new single on Kaneda Records
  
• Norwegian synth-duo consisting of Irene Svendsen and Kai Drange, TIC TIC “Autopilot” from forthcoming album “Comfort In The Echo” on Apollon Records
  
• Rostock, Germany synthpop/future pop duo Norderney “Valediction” from the new album “Insight comes at the end”
  
• Texas retro synthwave/dream pop/synthpop artist Jessie Frye “Faded Memory (feat. Timecop1983)” from the LP “Kiss Me In The Rain” on NewRetroWave
  
• Miami, FL Electronic/Synth-wave/Synth-pop band since 1985, ELEMENT 104 “Strange Paradise” new single from the upcoming album of the same name
  
• Chicago, IL synthwave/darkwave/post-punk solo project of Jack Armondo, PANIC PRIEST “Lonely City (NITE remix)” on Negative Gain Productions
  
• Melbourne, Australia synthpop duo of Gus Kenny & Rebecca Maher, aka Syzygy “Social Fence” from “The Pendulum” cassette debut EP
  
• Rochester, UK Electronic Concrete Synth-Pop duo, Brutalist Architecture in the Sun “Suitomoton” new single
  
• Hamburg-based darkwave/dream pop/synthpop duo KRAKÓW LOVES ADANA “Don’t Ask Why” new single
  
• Liverpool, UK post-punk/new wave/coldwave duo Nul Telexes “Collapsing Spaces” from S/T debut EP on Edils Recordings
  
• New York‘s new wave/coldwave/darkwave/post-punk band Bootblacks “Thin Skies” title track from the upcoming album “Thin Skies” on Artoffact Records
  
• Manchester, UK Mark Burgess fronted post-punk band ChameleonsVox “Second Skin” from the upcoming “Return Of The Roughnecks / Live at Manchester Ritz ~ December 14 2019” on Moochin’ About
  
• Leeds, UK space rock/psychedelic/gothic rock/post-punk band Deathtrippers “Reach” off V/A “Wasteland: Volume 1” A Goth City Records Compilation
  
• Malmö, Sweden enigmatic synthwave/post-punk/darkwave trio of Dennis Lood (Abu Aljahim), Erica Li Lundqvist (Abu Iblis) and Anders Nordensson (Abu Jinn), ABU NEIN “Chamber” from the forthcoming album “Secular Psalms” on Young & Cold Records and Rundgång Rekords
  
• Mexican minimal synth electronics project of musician Erick Arévalo, El Ojo y la Navaja “Nerve Conflict” from upcoming album “Esquizia” on Wave Records
  
• Belgium based cold analogue synth project CryptoChroma “Shadowgame” off upcoming V/A “My Precious! – A Waves Radio Show Compilation Vol.3” on Red Maze Records
  
• Finnish minimal wave/electronic/post-punk duo based in Helsinki, AUS TEARS “New Dream” from the new 10-tracks album “Levelled Directions”.
  
• French post-industrial/synth-pop/minimal wave project of Geoffroy D, aka Derniere Volonte – “LA NUIT REVIENT” from the vinyl edition of the 2006 album “DEVANT LE MIROIR” [RE-MASTERED] on Tesco Germany
  
• Berlin-based Electro Post-Punk, Synth, Dark Wave project of former Metro Decay’s Christoffer Bagge from Copenhagen, TOTEM “Kontinuum” first single from the upcoming sophomore album
  
• Málaga, Spain post-punk/darkwave trio UsualAnimal “I smoke your fingers” from the debut album “Secrets from this Eden”
  
• Gainesville, Florida post-punk/darkwave/synthwave/coldwave project Error Mortal “Memory Sink” from “Demos” EP                                                                                                                                                     
• Indianapolis‘ dream pop/new wave/post-punk/coldwave multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter JACKSON VANHORN “Pierrot” from forthcoming album “After the Rehearsal” on Manic Depression Records
  
• Los Angeles based post-punk/dream pop solo project of a member of Ter Nura, CLOSED TEAR “LAST EVENINGS IN LA” off new EP “YA MEJOR LLEVAME (DEMOS)”
  
• Bogotà, Colombia darkwave/coldwave/synth-pop one-girl-band, SECRETISMO “Deep Red” off the brand new album “Deep Red (Темно-красный)” on Tres Incendios Temporales
  
• Synthwave/synthpop/darkwave band based in Naples, Italy. NAVIGATOR “Spellbound” debut single from upcoming album “Follow the light”
  
• Vienna‘s minimalistic post-punk music and art performance duo made up of Angie Mörth (member of Viele Bunte Autos) and Martina Aichhorn, who existed from 1984 to 1989, ASTARON “As Time Joins In” from the Sealed Records‘ vinyl reissue of the S/T album originally released in 1987 on Ton Um Ton Records
  
• Melbourne, Australia darkwave/post-punk/goth pioneers IKON “Rise and Fall (single remix)” digital single
  
• Mexico City noise/post-punk/psychedelic band ZEIT! ‘Versos Latinos” new single
  
• London, UK noise rock/post-punk band USA NAILS “Revolution Worker” from the upcoming LP “Character Stop” on Bigoût Records and Hex Records
  
• Mexico City garage/goth/punk rock 4-piece THE FUNERALS “When I Die (No One Will Cry)” new single
  
• Bologna, Italy gothic/death-rock/post-punk solo project Mélodie Cruelle “Immutabile” from the debut EP “Gelido Agosto”
  
• Los Angeles coldwave/darkwave trio founded by Pakistani–American lead vocalist Azeka and bassist/producer Gil, AURAT “Suno Na” off V/A “Respect Existence or Expect Resistance” fundraising Compilation
  
• Russian coldwave/darkwave/post-punk band from Saratov, LITTLE FANTASTIC PARTNER “Without Dreams” from the cassette edition of 2017 debut album “Mistake” on HИИ
  
• Brazilian new wave/post-punk 4-piece based in Porto Alegre, The Completers “End” new single “End b/w Parallel Lines”
  
• Russian coldwave/new wave/post-punk solo project from Saint Petersburg, FUNNY GAMES [забавные игры] ‘Эхо лета / Summer echo’ new single
  
• Leicestershire born, UK post-punk songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Billy Nomates “Hippy Elite” from S/T debut album on Invada
  
• Portsmouth, UK post-punk quartet Hallan ‘Modern England’ new single on Nice Swan Records                              
• Amsterdam, the Netherlands post-punk 4-piece Global Charming “Soft Fruit” from the forthcoming debut album “Mediocre, brutal” on Subroutine Records
  
• Philippines post-punk band Crepuscular Dawn “Pilgrim” off 3-track “Demo” EP
  
• Berlin-based punk/post-punk band from ADKosmonauten Crew (members from Benzin), LIIEK “One Two” from the S/T 7″ single on Mangel
  
• Athens, Greece dark synthwave-punk all-girl 4-piece Hekátē ‘Cul-de-Sac’ from upcoming debut album ‘Μέρες Οργής | Days of Wrath’ on Eisodos Kindynou Records (tape) and La Vida Es Un Mus Discos (vinyl)
  
• Berlin, Germany industrial/post-punk band Constant Cold War “Tormentor” appears on ‘Achtung ADK!’ Sampler via Billo Tonträger
  
• New York/Virginia post-punk remote collaboration from Davis White (Lorelei; We Capillaries; The New Lines) and Hewson Chen (Lake Ruth; The New Lines), MASS OBSERVATION “From honey to ashes” off debut S/T EP
  
• Geelong-born Australian punk/post-punk foursome Vintage Crop “Serve To Serve Again” title track from the album “Serve To Serve Again” on Anti Fade & Upset The Rhythm
  
• Rhode Island indie/garage/punk/post-punk project of Justin Hubbard, aka GERM HOUSE “Nothing Is Like They Wanted” from the album “Spoiled Legacy”
  
• Montreuil, French garage/post-punk/punk rockers, Basic Shapes “Credo” from the upcoming cassette album “Clockwork Organs” on Weather Vane Records
  
• Oakland, Ca new wave/post-punk 5-piece led by singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Candace Lazarou (former singer of Mansion and Pang), BODY DOUBLE “The Floating Hand” from the upcoming album “Milk Fed” on Zum Audio
  
• San Francisco based industrial/gothic-rock/post-punk project VIO\ATOR “Not Here” new single
  
• Ukrainian coldwave/shoegaze/post-punk outfit, COLD COMFORT “The Scent (That Gone Away)” from the upcoming EP “The Submerging” on Worn Pop                                                                                                                               
• Los Angeles based new wave/darkwave/electro-pop project of Carlo Mancia, MortalBoy ‘Dies Irae’                 
• American/Slovakian NewWave/Darkwave/Synthpop/Doomwave duo of Raymond Nelson and André Savetier, aka Deus Faust “1000 Nights” taken from the upcoming CD version of the album “Weltengeist” on InClub Records
  
• L.A based Post-Punk/Art-Punk duo (F.K.A. Twin Schism), Shock Doctrine “Object Permanence” from the new and final “Despeciation” EP
  
• British Gothic-Rock band formed by Porl King (guitar/vocals/keyboards), Rosetta Stone “Shock” from the new album “Cryptology”
  
• Austin, TX gothic/darkwave duo featuring Roger Fracé and Summer Bowman, aka The Machine In The Garden “Resist” from the new album “Places in Between”
  
• Galesburg, Illinois gothic rock/post-punk outfit Sympathy Pains – “Rosalie” from the new EP “Crucifying Love” on Jazz Age Records
  
• Sacramento, CA gothic rock/post-punk trio ASHES FALLEN “We Belong Nowhere” new single                         
• Omaha, Nebraska goth/darkwave/post-punk band, VISITOR INFORMATION “Monologue” from “Flatlander Woman” EP
  
• Athens, Georgia gothic/psychedelic/post-punk/dark pop/art-rock 4-piece Immaterial Possession “Bosphorus Brine” from S/T album on Cloud Recordings.
  
• Danish dungeon synth/dark electronic/synthwave/kosmische artist Offermose “Sjælens Ruin” from upcoming “Stilhedens Tårn” LP a co-release by Third Coming and Pomperipossa
  
• Danish dark ambient/industrial/neo-folk project of Kim Larsen (Of The Wand & The Moon/Vril Jäger/Solanaceae etc.) as Mark Liens, aka Les Chasseurs de la Nuit – “POISONED PAST” from the new 3rd album “GLEAM ON YOU EMPTY GEM” on Tesco Germany