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

• Dresden, Germany angst pop /synth-pop /post-punk act Die Wahrheit “Mein Herz Tanzt” from “zu komisch!!!” EP
  

The first 2-track single by an enigmatic project from Dresden spans churning, barren and murky pits of post-punk and synthpop enveloped in a heavy industrial ambiance. Ceasessly thudding and clattering programmed drum beats, thick, droning bass lines, and desperate, unnerving whimpering synths throb mechanically together with choppy, spirited vocals into an unsettling and agonizing loop, wrapped by hazy, oppressive slabs of distortion.

• Berlin-based goth /synthwave /darkwave solo project Cult Noir “Obey”
  

Deep-hued, neon-lit, melancholic synth-driven darkwave from Berlin, imbued with a dark romantic flair, where oscillating, droning bass loops and swirling, glowing, emotive synths shiver along a secretive, shadowy maze of lost souls into a hopeless, perpetual drift of smooth, gloomy, devotional vocals, achingly suffering in a tragic disconnection.

• Bologna, Italy synth wave /shoegaze /darkwave /post-punk trio The Black Veils “Nyctalopia” third single from the upcoming new album “Gaslight” [Icy Cold Records]

A humanitarian scream for those whose right to live is being taken away, violently, by a capitalist plan, “Nyctalopia” is a dark electro-post-punk outcry propelled by the shuddering urgent pace of tight vibrant drums and taut bleak throbbing bass lines, to interplay with ethereal effect-filled guitar melodies and spiraling uncanny synths, achingly reverberating toward a murky, forbidding, passionate crescendo with crafty, expressive male vocals, soaring into pained cries to evict creepy, shadowy distortions of ancient poison that hide in the light.

• Italian ambient /dark neo-folk /psychedelic folk solo project by lead vocalist, bass and synth player of Ufomammut, Urlo, aka THE MON “Your Eyes” from upcoming LP “Songs Of Abandon”, first part of “Embrace The Abandon”, a two-chapter journey that explores loss and rebirth.
  
• Britanny, France coldwave /post-punk /dark folk duo of the singer of Guerre Froide and his wife, SYR “L’Ecorchée” from S/T EP [Meidosem Records]
• Las Vegas, NV-based Korean shoegaze /darkwave /post-punk /’K-goth’/ sadwave band, Past Self  “약속 / Yaksok”
  
• Leipzig-based Dream Pop /Psychedelic Rock /Dark Pop /New Wave band Twins in Colour “The Perks Of Being A Warflower” 2nd single from upcoming “We´ve Been To The Future” LP [All my ghosts]
• Coldwave /Post-punk duo of Trondheim, Norway’s Antipole (aka Karl Morten Dahl) and Brighton UK’s Paris Alexander, aka Antipole & Paris Alexander “Late September” single 
• Manchester, UK legendary wave /post-punk band formed in 1981, Chameleons “Feels Like The End Of The World” from the new album “Arctic Moon” first full-length in 24 years [Metropolis]
• London-based Synth Wave /Post Punk /Darkwave duo Simone Skeleton and Risa Hara, aka Inanis Yoake “The Coldest Place” from the third album “Shallow Mist” [Dark Vinyl Records]
• Seattle‘s 5-piece goth /darkwave /post-punk band Dead Spells “Until Hell” from the new EP “No Hope in a Dying World”
  
• Jacksonville, FL post-punk /coldwave trio Glass Chapel “Edge of the Knife” from upcoming debut s/t album “Glass Chapel”
  
• Goth darkwave act Grimflora “Ghost in the hallway”
  
• Los Angeles goth /industrial /ethereal /darkwave solo project Misery Mile “Redrum”
  
• Dutch post-punk /minimal wave /coldwave band Desinteresse “Onschuld” title track of the first LP “Onschuld” [Fabrika Records]
• Rouen, France goth /coldwave / post-punk band led by Isthmaël Baudry, AKA Spleen XXX “Elevation” from the second album “Agony Of A Shadow” [Meidosem Records]
• Buenos Aires, Argentina post-punk /coldwave solo project by [S], Zudpöl “Away” single off the upcoming album, “Inner Neon” [No Me Escucho Records]
• Berlin-based, Ukrainian shoegaze /post-punk band led by Alex Ashtaui, aka Morwan “Не чекай” from the upcoming 4th LP “Vse po kolu, znovu” [Feel It Records]
• Birmingham, UK gothic rock/darkwave duo Black Rose Moves “Club of Sin” single
  
• La Ciotat, France new wave /coldwave /post-punk solo project Sonic Thing “Endless Drift” from upcoming debut “Breathe in, Breathe out” album
  
• Rome-based Post Punk /Coldwave /Darkwave solo project of Italian musician Marco Cattani (Halo Effect and The Mark), Chemical Waves “The door (feat. THE SPOILED)” from forthcoming LP “Our love in a dying world” LP
  
• Italian goth /darkwave /synthwave solo project, K R U R “Lady of Sorrow” single
  
• Olesnica, Poland coldwave /post-punk band Croix Noire “Jestem” title track of the upcoming LP “Jestem” [Bat-Cave Productions]
• NYC‘s new wave /cold wave /post-punk musician postlooperish “Parallax” from “In Dreams” EP
  
• Barcelona experimental /synth-pop /post-punk trio Plataforma “Alzan al Cielo” from upcoming first LP “Temblor Nº 3” [Humo Internacional]
• Dutch new wave /post-punk solo project by musician, producer and multimedia artist Richard van Kruysdijk, aka Fake Youth Cult “No Way Out” from upcoming “Exit Wounds” LP [SwissDarkNights Label]
• Melbourne, Australia goth /synthwave /post-punk project Locust Revival “Goth Sport” single
  
• Los Angeles-based darkwave /post-punk /psychedelic /dream pop project of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Steven Fleet, aka Dream Bodies “Limerence” single
  
• Washington D. C. Post Punk /Dark Wave trio Social Station “Good to Me” single
  
• Italian electro-wave-rock band TALK TO HER “PLD” first single from the second album “Pleasure Loss Desire” [Shyrec /Icy Cold Records]
• Vienna occult /tribal /electronic /dark wave act The Devil & The Universe “Shadow Projection feat. Çağla Güleray (Ductape)” single [SwissDarkNights Label]
• Berlin-based Brazilian gothic rock /post-punk /coldwave solo project, Daniel Knutz “Piekna Polaca” from upcoming V/A “Minimal Underground Vol. 1” compilation, Ltd. Digipak CD [Minimal-LINE / SkullLine]
• Warsaw, Poland EBM /coldwave /electro /post-punk /minimal wave /electronic artist Frank Wodorost “Bliss In Venice” off upcoming cassette debut album “You Never Know”
  
• Berlin-based dark wave /synth-pop /post-punk project of Ukrainian musician and producer Anton Koba, Routine feat. Faustyna Maciejczuk ”Last Time” single [Artoffact Records]
• Helsinki electronic /synthwave /synthpop /analog synth artist Irides “Väärät sanat” from the debut “Siirtymä” EP
  
• Mexico City minimal synth /synth-pop duo formed by Egle Naujokaityte and Rogelio Serrano, aka Gris Futuro “Shine (A Neon Light)” from upcoming LP “Nowadaze” [à La Carte Records]
• Hamburg, Germany NDW /punk /wave /minimal synth solo project Ernst Label “Dr. Rat” from “Diagnose Ernst” EP 7″
  
• French–Italian–British synth-wave duo of singer/actress Francesca Diprima and singer and producer Philippe Brown, La Punta Bianca – “Quello che non vedi” from upcoming V/A “PILORI VOL. III Compilation” cassette LP [Pilori Prod]
• Berlin-based Electronic /Darkwave duo of Aarnav from Permanent Daylight and Deborah from Clichée, Leere Menge “To Be Anymore” title track of the upcoming “To Be Anymore” EP
  
• Montreal, Quebec-based coldwave /minimal synth musician Ethan Harman aka Alan Harman – “Blast Zone” from V/A “Workin’ Overtime Volume One” cassette LP [Dungeon Module]
• UK-based synthwave /coldwave /minimal synth artist This is The Bridge “False Image”
  
• Bern, Switzerland post-punk /synthwave /darkwave duo Jochen K & Johnny W “The Witness” from upcoming debut LP “Of Idols and Ghosts”
  
• Greek avant-garde synth-electro-wave /analog dance electronic duo Toxic Razor & Kriistal Ann, Paradox Obscur “Iconic B” from the new LP “IKONA” [Metropolis Records]
• Houston, TX electronic /synthgaze /goth-pop /darkwave duo Raudiver “True Faith (Jennifer Touch Remix)”
  
• Parisian darkwave /electro /dark synthpop project by Matthieu Roche, aka Fragrance. “Burning the Mold” single
  
• Châteaubriant, French synth-punk /electro-pop /dark dance artist OZIBUT “Passion Triste” from upcoming “Multifacette” LP [Cold Transmission Music]
• Paris new wave /synth-pop solo project Marble Slave “Breathwork” from upcoming LP “Emotional Body Music”
  
• Stockholm, Sweden EBM /electro /synthpop artist Emma Nylén, aka EMMON “Decisions” off upcoming LP “ICON” [Icons Creating Evil Art]
• Dallas, TX industrial /dark electro /EBM solo act spankthenun “BLAK (Event Horizon)” off “BAK” maxi single
  
• German goth /EBM /darkwave act Das Ich “Brutus” 2nd single from “Fanal” album [Danse Macabre]
• US electronic-rock project of Los Angeles composer-producer Brandon Smith, aka The Anix “Die With You (NIGHT OF)” from “NIGHT OF” EP [FiXT]
• Russian EBM /techno /minimal dance electronic duo SYNTHESE “Marla Singer” from the third LP “Any-131” [AnythingRecords]
• Kansas City, Missouri synth-pop duo Religion of Heartbreak “Lunate “from the EP “Lunate”
  
• Nuremberg, Germany synth-pop solo project Zynic “Everyday is like Sunday” (The Smiths cover)
  
• Paris-based French electro-pop solo artist Flora Fishbach “Dulcimers” from the LP “Val Synth”
  
• Berlin-based electronic /synth-pop musician (Forced To Mode, WHOLE, Forced Movement), Thomas Schernikau “Tomorrow” from “Tomorrow” EP
  
• Berlin-based gothic rock solo musician, MOROSINTHE “Much Intent” single [Thirteenth Records]
• Italian new wave /darkwave project Love The Ghost “Understand” single
  
• Edmonton, Canada punk /new wave /post-punk duo HOME FRONT – “Light Sleeper” off upcoming “Watch It Die” LP [La Vida Es Un Mus Discos]
• San Antonio, TX Goth /Deathrock band Lessons in Purgatory “Equinox” single
  
• Portland, OR-based four-piece post-punk /goth /rock n roll band Nyx Division “Blood For Sale” from the album “Midnight Lights” [Black Water Records / Agipunk Records / Transylvanian Recordings]
• Warsaw-based, Polish horror punk /goth rock band Meluzyna “2AM” from “To Hell” EP [Piranha Music]
• Mason City, Iowa garage /synth-punk /post-punk /punk four-piece Why Bother? “Indoctrination” from upcoming LP “Case Studies” [Feel It Records]
• Canadian lo-fi solo post-punk project by Etienne Zebell Grenier, aka Glass Dolls “Notion” from cassette “Glass Dolls”EP [Syf Records]
• Cologne, Germany indie rock/post punk band LAWN CHAIR “The Next Big Thing” from the debut LP “You Want It! You Got It!”
  
• Danish dark ambient /old school dungeon synth project by Dreyrrauðr, aka Taagebue “Taageslør ved Løvsalens Port” single
  
• Bell Buckle, Tennessee pastoral folk /fantasy/comfy synth /dungeon synth project Innkeeper “Great Expanse” from the LP “To and Fro”
  
• Germany-based lo-fi old-school dungeon synth music project Wachturm “I” from “I-V” EP
  
• Ashtabula, Ohio ambient /old school dungeon synth /winter synth project Lehman “Natural Cold” from the LP “Natural Cold”