Weekly Post-Punk // Darkwave // Dark Synth Tips – OCTOBER 2024 – #42-24
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- Minsk, Belarus New Wave /Darkwave /Post-punk /Dark Electronic solo project, aka Dusken Harmony “Love, Death and Stars” single
The second evocative, hauntingly mesmerizing, synth-laden single in a row for the Belarusian DIY solo act dives deeper into dark, cosmic esoteric domains, driven by the unremitting rhythmical energy of pounding drum patterns and taut, quick droning bass pulses, surrounded with oscillating bleeding obsessive guitar jabs and swirling forlorn icy synths, all deepened by agonized ghostly vocals brooding in the hypnotic magic of “Love Death, and Stars.”
- Connecticut goth /darkwave /post-punk solo project Dominic Mastroianni, aka Prison Planet “Don’t Believe Your Lying Eyes” second single
The newcomer Darkwave solo act from Connecticut, with a renowned Italian surname, delivers his second “Danceable Depression” work-out driven by the steady droning pulsations of bleak chugging basslines and thumping beats, pierced through by intoxicating wistful strings of twinkling guitar melodies, to hopelessly echo around introspective, mopey baritone vocals, releasing feelings of alienation and gloom.
- Rome-based Italian industrial /darkwave /synth-pop 4-piece This Eternal Decay “Rise & Fall” first single from the upcoming 2025 album “SPETTRO” [Trisol Music Group]
The eternally touring Italian band finally drop their first sweeping and poignant single that effortlessly bounces on the edge of modern romantic darkwave perfection fueled with synthpop vibes and clattering industrial undertones through a rousing sense of dance floor compulsion. Crisp high-energy drum programming along with sizzling seismic basslines. pound ceaselessly under warped glowing swathes of anxious synth pulses, while haunted distressed vocals say goodbye to a toxic relationship.
- Rhode Island dark ambient /cinematic /synth-experimental electronics duo Robert Galbraith and Elizabeth Virosa, aka SNOWBEASTS – “The Curio Box” from V/A “My People : A Tribute To Vince Wald” CD compilation dedicated to the recently passed away rural Michigan-based ambient musician Vince Wald, via Re:Mission Entertainment
- Dublin, Ireland acoustic /synthpop /classical /piano vocalist-songwriter-producer & poet (Empire State Human, KuBO, Silver Moon), Aidan Casserly “Ship of Winter” single
- Nice, French post-punk /gothic rock band formed in 1992, Corpus Delicti “A Fairy Lie” single
- San Francisco dark ambient /ethereal /folk solo project of classically-trained singer and multi-instrumentalist Ria Aursjoen (of post-punk band Octavian Winters), aka AURSJOEN “For Want Of” from upcoming debut LP “Strand”
- San Francisco, CA post-punk /synth-pop /synth wave solo act SLICKTROSYNTH “The Truth” single
- Sydney-based ambient /shoegaze /witch-house /ethereal wave /electronic duo Finn Parker + Jack Mannix, aka dusk2dawn “soul2keep *demo(n)” off the debut LP soon via DERO Arcade
- João Pessoa, Brazilian darkwave /synthpop /electronic music project Cyber Niior “Everyday Is Halloween” (2024 – Postpunk Version)
- Manaus, Amazonas post-punk band Soviet at – “Paraiso” single
- Los Angeles-based post-punk /shoegaze /dream pop duo Magic Wands “Armour” single via Metropolis Records
- Bandung, Indonesian electronic /dark wave /synth-pop /post-punk band Con·Fect “Hollow” from the debut EP “/kənˈfekt/”
- London, UK dark psychedelic /gothic post-punk duo Kevin Gibbard and Sophie Landers, aka BLACK DOLDRUMS “Painting Smiles” from the second album “Limerence” via Fuzz Club Records
- Warsaw, Poland coldwave /post-punk /dance punk act Szablon “Królewna” off the second “Szumy Miasta” EP
- Lisbon-based goth cold wave /darkwave music project of Portuguese musician Pedro Code (The Dream Collision and Rainy Days Factory), IAMTHESHADOW “This Vertigo” from the album “To End What Never Began” via Cold Transmission Music
- Phoenix, AZ post-punk /dark-wave /synthpop project of Manuel Perez, aka Corbeau Hangs “Vigils (feat. Vick Vapors)” single
- Montreal, Québec minimal synth /post-punk solo project NO “NAKED CROSS” single
- Paris-based Goth /Darkwave /Synth-Pop /Electronic duo Adriano Iacoangeli & Cecilia Dassonneville aka Echoberyl “Mon Fantôme” single via Mother Solitude Records
- South London‘s goth /synthpop /post-punk project from Jojo Orme, aka Heartworms “What Can I Do” single via Permanent Creeps Records
- German indiewave solo project, A Transition “Commitments” single
- Vienna, Austria-based dark ambient /post-punk /dark disco /experimental sound project of one half of duo “Zack Zack Zack”, CEMGİL “YAPTIKLARIM (original mix)” from “Japan Tour Vlog Soundtracks (Fukuoka)” EP
- Greek dark electronic music project /band from Athens, Nutrelectra “Σκάνδιο” single
- Barcelona post-disco /dark italo /post-punk /synthpop /new wave /electronic act Escapismo “NADA IMPORTA” from the collection of the first 3 EPs “Escapismo” LP
- Belgian coldwave /synth-pop act Der Mord “She Drips Infinity” from the upcoming debut album “Northern Skies” 12” [Antibody label]
- Turin, Italy electro dark synth wave solo project Zoltan Freitag “Going Nowhere” off 2-track single “The Memory I Dressed on my Skin”
- Experimental /electronic /wave /minimal synth project of Brazilian producer Edvan Marques Ferreira (aka MVQX), aka Boys Being Boys “I’m Gonna Change My Name” from “Boys Being Boys” (EP) [Nothing Was There Records]
- Oregon based experimental post-industrial /dub /minimal synth /electronic /post-punk project of musician and composer D Haddon, aka High Marks “Someone (feat. Sara Storm of NOLA)” from the album “SOURED”
- L.A.-based icy dark synthpop duo of Amy Lee and Wesley Eisold, Cold Cave “Hourglass” off the fourth studio album “Passion Depression”
- Houston, TX-based glam synthpop group led by Erika Thrasher and Tex Kerschen, Studded Left “Isolated Mess” from the LP “Casual Flexer”
- London, UK industrial /dark electro duo Dicepeople “Empress” single
- Murcia-based EBM /electro /industrial /electronic producer JG Outsider “Life” from the upcoming LP “Despierto” [Cold Transmission Music]
- Munich, Germany NDW /EBM /techno/dark wave /synth-pop band Rue Oberkampf “Allein” from “Essenz” EP
- US EBM /industrial body funk project Matt Bias (That Which Is Not Said/Twins) and Chris Normal (Multiple Man), AKA Normal Bias “Falling Down” from “Kingdom Come” EP [SYNTHCIDE]
- Los Angeles-based EBM /techno /dark electronic duo of Rosselinni and Anton Floriano, aka Die Sexual “Darkest Hour” from the “Electric” EP
- German EBM / Death Wave /Synthgrave project Verrottet “Ritual” from “Ritual” EP
- Swedish industrial electro /EBM act of musician Christian R. (Pouppée Fabrikk, C.A.P) & vocalist Johan Damm (Dupont), aka Menticide “Der Meister”
- Spanish EBM / Coldwave band from Valencia, FÖRAT “King of Shadows” single
- Washington, DC female-fronted dark electro-rock band AMULET “Only Me” from the debut LP “Katharsis” CD via Distortion Productions
- Florida goth /synth /dark wave /post-punk duo His Panic “Thrill” single
- Leipzig, Germany EBM /synth-pop /darkwave /dark electro act Devil Machine “The Spirit of Kyoto” single
- Richmond, VA goth /dark electronics /darkwave act Petrified Entity “The Descent” from the 2-track single “Blight”
- Berlin-based EBM /hard techno /electronic punk wave duo Kalte Liebe ”Tränen stillen keinen Durst” single
- Moscow-based breaks /techno /post-punk project Trust True “I Need Some Sleep” [System 108]
- Graz, Austria Synth-driven Dark Wave solo act Violence against Man “In Between” single
- Paris techno /electro-punk rock act Droges “Fils de Bourge Crève” single
- Santiago, Chile goth /post-punk /darkwave/electronic band Vodoo Rage “Codeine” single
- Los Angeles darkwave /post-punk trio Digital Drvgs – “Lagrimas” single
- Manchester, UK-based Goth /Darkwave /Post-punk band SPIRE CIRCLE “Burning Alive (Full Version)” single
- Bologna, Italy new wave /darkwave /post-punk project I Woke Up Chinese “Flat Planet” single
- Florida Goth /Shoegaze /Post-punk solo act Last Grasp “Creature of Your Kind” single
- Santiago, Chile goth /synth wave /post-punk solo act Conjuro Laico “Cementerio general” single
- Spanish darkwave /post-punk project of Emilio Lanzas from Málaga, Indice de Inviernos “Áspides” single
- Louisville, KY dark wave /post-punk duo, Who Saw Her Die? “One of Us” from “Pleasure and Pain” EP
- Melbourne, Australia gothic rock /post-punk /darkwave band formed in 1991, IKON “Bullroarer (single version)” from “Bullroarer” EP
- New York-based goth /darkwave /post-punk duo HALLOWED HEARTS “Masquerade” title track of the new album “Masquerade”
- Baltimore, Maryland shoegaze /post-punk solo project 4dversary “Dead Leaves”
- Poland‘s New Romantic Post Punk duo, KĀVE “Będziesz Mnie Kochał” off the sophomore album “Serce” via Bat-Cave Productions
- Saint Petersburg, Russia new wave /post-punk band Чайки улетают с моря [smorya] – “Возьми нож” off “Возьми нож” EP
- Madrid, Spain post-punk band Fiebre de las Montañas Rocosas “Presencia” single
- Moncton, Canada-based Gothic Rock solo project of Jason Schatsle (aka Wardruid), Gothnetic “This Is My Halloween” single
- First old school goth punk /post-punk band from South Ural, Witch Will Die “Наедине” from “Go Your Own Way / Наедине” second single from upcoming new album
- Los Angeles deathrock /punk /post-punk band FANGS on FUR “Robber Baron” single
- Boston, MA deathrock /dark post-punk band, Gossip Collar “Hiding Place” from the debut LP “Spinning Silk For Parasites” via Bat-Cave Productions
- Portland, OR noise rock /post-punk trio Public Pleasure “True Heads” from the cassette LP “Ultra Cool Charm”
- Brooklyn, NY 3-piece goth art punk band Medium “Peeking Through the Blinds” single
- French Oi! /Coldwave /Post-Punk /Synth-Punk band based in Voiron, No Filter “La Haine Nous Appartient” from the album “Sans Filtre” via AVANT! Records
- London, UK-based post-punk outfit, HIGH-VIS “Drop Me Out” off the second LP “Guided Tour” via Dais Records
- Berlin-based New Zealander dark psych /electro /synth post-punk outfit Data Animal “Crime or Bust” from “Crime Or Bust / One Eyed Witness ” 2-track double single via Deadstrange
- Cincinnati, OH industrial /coldwave /post-punks Corker “Nothing in None” from the sophomore LP “Hallways of Grey” on Feel It Records
- Montreal, Quebec psych /garage rock /synth-punk /power pop band (members of CPC Gangbangs, Red Mass and Duchess Says), PYPY “Erase” from the second LP “Sacred Times” via Goner Records
- Long Beach, CA garage punk /art-punk /post-punk outfit Eyes and Flys “All The Tigers In Texas” 2-track 7″ via Record Beach
- NYC experimental anarcho-punk duo Straw Man Army “Extinction Burst” off upcoming third LP, “Earthworks” via LA VIDA ES UN MUS / D4MT LABS INC.
- Brighton, UK-based hardcore /noise rock /post-punk band, DITZ “Space/Smile” from the upcoming sophomore LP “Never Exhale” via Republic of Music
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK indie rock /post-punk band Pit Pony “Well Well” new single via Clue Records
- Brighton, UK-based orchestral gothic rock collective Ideal Living “Loving & Still” single via Crafting Room Recordings
- Daytona Beach, FL Horror Surf solo side project of Zac Campbell from The Waning Moon, and The Kentucky Vampires, aka Los Vampiros Del Mar “The Haunting” single
- Walla Walla, WA ambient /drone /fantasy /dungeon synth act Onionville – “A Knight Slain Amongst the Allium Blooms” from the cassette split album “The Sorrow, the King and the Onion Horde” by Onionville / Gorgons Alter [Fiadh Productions]
- US dark ambient /medieval /fantasy /dungeon synth act Dungeontroll’s “Traversing the Path of Dead and Dying Stars” from the LP “The Hunt for the Last Jewel of Edarin” [Serpent’s Sword]
- Boston, MA ambient /neo-folk /fantasy /dungeon synth act Unsheathed Glory “Local Wizard Shows Off Some of His Tricks” from “The Charvencia Chronicles” 3xCassette collection of Unsheathed Glory’s three albums [WereGnome Records]
- Slovenia Cold Ambient /Dungeon Synth music project Frozen Dream “Crystal Winds” from “Frostbound Echoes” album