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

• Mexican New Wave/Post-Punk act based in Oaxaca, VACÍOS CUERPOS “Heridas” single
  

Among the most electrifying and freshest exponents of the Mexican post-punk revival, brimming with agonizing emotional depth and brooding melancholy, Vacíos Cuerpos churns out the right dose of urgent rhythms, moody basslines, ethereal pain-filled guitars, and evocative bright synths, soaking sad ghostly vocals as they soar with anxious icy melodies into the shadows of yesterday.

• Hamilton, UK-based darkwave project of Lea Torn, AKA The Secret Experiment “In The End” single
  

Third single in a short sequence for the Scottish artist which on the one hand shows for the first time a drier drum pattern than the rattling one we are accustomed to, whilst on the other keeps on building a crescendo of obscure and solemn atmospheric orchestrations, imbued with immersive spiritual and metaphysical realms, restless and disturbing at the same time, that pulse, pierce and buzz, to hypnotize dizzy haunted vocals, facing the shadow within.

• Belgian industrial /synth-pop /minimal synth-wave project formed in 1979, made of Dirk Ivens & Eric Van Wonterghem, aka Absolute Body Control “Walk Away” off upcoming V/A “My Precious! – A Waves Radio Show Compilation Vol​​​​​​​.​​​​​​​5″ compilation 12″ LP via Red Maze Records
  

The years seem to fly by, as, the usual lowkey, “My Precious! – A Waves Radio Show Compilation” curated by co-hosts Fernando Wax and Phil Blackmarquis has reached its fifth volume, properly teased by the renowned pioneering Belgian duo Absolute Body Control with their gripping and evocative minimal analog electro-wave visions. Relentless thudding and clanking percussions stumble hypnotically alongside dire droning low ends, to provide the foreboding swishing backdrop to the heaving emotional load of powerful vocals, swept by sharp, cold and chilling synths, commanding the other to ‘walk away’.

• Greco/German goth rock band founded in 2022 by Babis Nikou and Nino Sable, Unwished “Darkness” from V/A “A HELPING HAND (DEPRESSION)” depression aid charity compilation compiled by YouTube-Channel NOT for the masses
  
• Hamburg-based Ethereal Wave /Dark Wave solo project of Grundeis singer UNDINYX ‘Antarctica’ single
  
• Colombian Darkwave / Coldwave duo Antiflvx “The Castle (Ft. Luna Cáustica)” (original song from the third album “Dval Canvas”)
  
• Metz, France art-rock /funk /noise /post-punk band Funk Police “Atonal Madonna Satan’s Groove” from cassette album “Stab The Stable”
  
• French coldwave/post-punk band Allein in der Badewanne “Ein L​ä​cheln” single from the upcoming s/t album
  
• French cold wave band from Lille, L’ordre d’Héloïse “Noy​é​s” from the album “Pour solde de tout compte”
  
• German Darkwave /Post-Punk duo of Rio (Atomic Neon) and Mirco (Ex-ROSI), THE CALM GREY “The Calm Grey (Demo Version)” from the cassette “Demotape” EP
  
• ’80s US post-punk trio Remnant Three “Anomie” from the unreleased album “A Gentle Collapsing” LP 12″ via Words On Music
  
• French coldwave /new wave /post-punk multi-instrumentalist, composer and singer Yannick Rault, aka Closed Mouth “Hours And Hours” title track of the new EP  “Hours And Hours”
  
• Veteran Swiss post-punk /wave /dark indie band led by Michael Sele, The Beauty of Gemina “Veil Of Rain” from the 9th album “Songs Of Homecoming”
  
• Los Angeles dark wave /post-punk duo The XRAY5 – “Manipulations” single
  
• Amsterdam-based veteran Dutch experimental /world /improv /jazz /post-punk /punk band formed in 1979, The Ex “The Evidence” from “Great! / The Evidence” 7inch single in celebration of The Ex’s 45th anniversary via Ex Records
  
• Italian darkwave /coldwave project KRUR “Dawn that Betrays” (Single)
  
• Spanish dark electronic /synthwave /darkwave project from Barcelona, IN†ERSIGNO “People are so” from “Intersigno” LP
  
• Thessaloniki-based synth wave band founded by veteran Greek synthesist and singer Nick K. Maldoror (a.k.a. Nick Kapantzakis, member of Human Puppets, Plexiglas, Dislocation Genders), Convex Model “Σ’ έ​ν​α Δ​ω​μ​ά​τ​ι​ο τ​ο​υ Χ​τ​ε​ς” from the album “In Human Hives”
  
• Poznań-based cold wave /minimal synth analog electronics British/Polish multi-instrumentalist Vincenzo Wieczerzynski, aka Chaos International “Future Now” 2-track single via Stanze Fredde Records
  
• Paris-based Dark Wave / Synthwave solo project Giirls “Illness” from the album “Time of Glass”
  
• Los Angeles-based post-punk /new wave /darkwave /synth wave solo project, FEVR “Escape” single
  
• Athens, Greece dark minimal synth duo Incirrina “Presence” from 2-track single “Immersion” via Cold Transmission Music
  
• Los Angeles synth wave /synthpop /new wave duo More Ephemerol “HYPERNUMB” from the Deluxe Edition of 2023 LP “Apotheosis Pageant [Deluxe Edition]” w/ 5 bonus tracks via Ephemerol Night Terrors
  
•  Paris, French synthwave /synthpop /EBM /electronic musician, Sydney Valette “L​’​é​cran Bleu” from the 7th LP “The Healer”
  
• Washington, DC goth /post-punk /dark electro rock duo Amulet “Total Power Exchange (Stabbing Westward Remix)” off of the single “Total Power Exchange (TPE)” via Distortion Productions
  
• Polish  goth /coldwave /new wave /darkwave solo project Ekko the Strange “Reanimate (Kontravoid Remix)” from “Mystique Remixes” EP
                   
• Berlin-based dark disco /new wave /synth wave /electronic project of duo Local Suicide and producer Kalipo, aka Dina Summer ‘Girls Gang’ new single and title track of the sophomore album via Iptamenos Discos
  
• Los Angeles-based post-punk /new wave /synthpop duo, Sacred Skin “Paranoid” from the new second LP “Born In Fire” via Artoffact
  
• Chicago, IL post-punk /goth pop /synthpop duo Wingtips “The Verdict (feat. Tim Cappello)” single
  
• Boston, MA post-punk /synth-pop artist, André Obin “Testament (NITE Remix)” from “Armored King Remixed” EP
  
• Los Angeles-based industrial synthpop project of Robert Alfons aka TR/ST “Regret” from the 4th album “Performer” via Dais Records
  
• New wave/electronic project of Berlin-based West Australian musician-songwriter and producer Em Burrows, aka Web Rumors “The Haughs of Cromdale” off the new album ”Travelling Circuits”
  
• Birmingham, UK Italo disco /cold wave /indie /synth-pop project of producer John Napier, aka Real Velour – “Champions” single 7″ [ Bordello A Parigi]
• German industrial /synthpop solo act Rotoskop “On Fire” single via Infacted Recordings
  
• Russian/German futurepop /synthpop collaboration Mental Discipline & Wiegand “Empty (The Anix Remix)” originally included on Mental Discipline’s latest album, “Nothing to Die For” via skyQode
  
• Nevada-based electronic rock /post-punk /dark wave /goth composer and producer David Delbridge – “I Warned You” single
  
• Marche, Italy post-punk /darkwave trio Soft Scent “Parasomnia” from the debut LP “CHIMERA” via Manic Depression Records
  
• Spanish Wave /Darkwave act from Alicante, Nueve Desconocidos “Brillar Entero” new single via All Nighters
  
• Belgium dark wave /electroclash /minimal synth punk act Glenn Six “Copkiller” (Bodycount cover, 1992)
  
• Richmond, VA dark electronics /darkwave solo act Petrified Entity “Coffin” (single)
  
• Asheville, NC based, Swedish electronic /coldwave /darkwave /synthpop artist (aka Bloody Hammers), ANDERS MANGA “Portrait” from the LP “Darker Than You Think”
  
• Turkish goth /post-punk / dark-wave duo She Past Away “İnziva” single
  
• Vancouver, WA post-punk /darkwave /coldwave project led by Chase Morledge, This Cold Night “Gasping For Air” single
  
• Pennsylvania-based Post-punk /Darkwave solo project My Manifesto “Gone” from the self​-​titled album
  
• Brussels-based post-punk /cold wave band The Ultimate Dreamers “Digging” 2-track single via Spleen+
  
• Los Angeles based goth /darkwave /post-punk trio, Deceits “Why Are We Afraid To Let Go?” single
  
• Italian wave /post-punk solo project by Leonardo Cannatella, aka LEVA “Clumsy Falls” first single from Leva 3rd studio album via Icy Cold Records
  
• Berlin-based Gothic /Deathrock /Post-punk group formed in 1991 in The Netherlands, Götterdämmerung “Force Systems” single from upcoming LP “A Violent Sky”
  
• Leipzig, Germany batcave /horror punk /post-punk deathrock band Illegal Funeral “Hollow Ambition” from 2-track split single with Lessons in Purgatory
  
• Olympia, WA gothic /post-punk /deathrock band Torment In Tyranny “Pawns” from “Songs For The Sick” EP
  
• Los Angeles goth /dark punk /post-punk /deathrock band Christ vs. Warhol “Spooky Action (at a distance)” from the second album “We, The Victims of History”
  
• Oslo, Norway-based post-punk-shoegaze-psychedelic band Mayflower Madame “Never Sever” third single from upcoming album “Insight” via Night Cult Records
  
• Rouen, France noise rock /post-punk trio We Hate You Please Die “Automatic Mode” from upcoming LP “Chamber Songs” via Incisive Records
  
• Canadian darkened shoegaze/post-punk drone band led by twin sister duo Emmalia & Sarafina Bortolon-Vettor, aka Bonnie Trash “Kisses Goodbye” from “My Love Remains the Same” EP via Hand Drawn Dracula
  
• Örebro, Sweden coldwave /psych rock /darkwave duo Saberblood “In Your Room” from “Into The Black” EP
  
• UK genre-bending metal /goth /’synth-gaze’ duo ZETRA “Shatter The Mountain (feat. K​æ​lan Mikla & S​ó​lveig Matthildur)” from s/t album via Nuclear Blast
  
• Saarbrücken, Germany shoegaze /new wave /synth-pop /„Neuen Neuen Deutschen Welle“ solo project Drückeberger “Sterne (feat. OSTARA)” from the debut album “Armselig”
  
• Sheffield, UK indie /post-punk /wonky pop trio Good News “Tannoy” from the debut LP “Small Forms” via Bingo Records
  
• New Orleans, Louisiana no wave /synth-punk band SPECIAL INTEREST “Nothing Grows Here” single
  
• Leeds, UK industrial /dance punk /no wave /noise rock Polevaulter “Campaign Trail” single
  
• Grimma, Germany Synth /Punk /Post-punk band pisse “M​ö​belhaus” from the album “Dubai” via Phantom Records
  
• Szczecin, Poland solo lofi punk project RWETES “NIE WYPADA” from cassette EP “CZARNA ZARAZA” via Syf Records
  
• Chicago-based indie /punk /new wave /post-punk act Elastic People – “TV Girls” off the debut “EP1”
  
• French dark ambient darkwave /neoclassical /dungeon synth project INEXISTENCE “Mage Of The Forgotten Woods” from the CD album “The Enchanted Waterfall”
  
• Fort Wayne, Indiana fantasy dungeon synth project Kyvon “Gottwinter” from “Depths of Ardae” single
  
• Fort Wayne, Indiana dark dungeon synth project Sorrowmoon “Tears of the Spirits” from cassette s/t album [WereGnome Records]
• German desert /comfy synth /dungeon synth project (aka KletTtermax), Botanic Vendor “Desert Bloom” off the cassette/10″ EP “Desert Bloom” [Personal Uschi Records / Fiadh Productions]