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

• Berlin-based cold wave /synthwave /synth-pop /minimal synth duo of Ryan Ambridge (Synths/Programming) and Alison Lewis aka Zanias (Vocals/Synths), aka LINEA ASPERA “Mycelium” single via Fleisch Records
  

A highly welcome Linea Aspera‘s surprise comeback with the duo’s distinctive minimal and obsessive lush synthetic tones through an emotionally ridden love song in which Alison’s entrancing aching vocals glide on a slow pulsing skeletal carpet of dry hypnotic beats and plucked, icy-bright resonant arpeggiated synth loops, awash by desolate gauzy swells, to conjure overflowing longing and regret.

• Berlin-based synth-pop /post-punk project of electronic producer and guitarist Anton Koba, Routine ”I Will Never Give You Flowers” single
  

A beat-driven dance-inducing love song about being extra touchy feely ceaselessly bounces on a floor of buzzy bass throbs under which frenetic shivering sheets of synth strains swirl over urgent obsessive vocals, rising into distorted high frequencies of fire and ice.

• Eskilstuna, Sweden electronic /synth-pop duo Louise & Peter Marchione, aka Coppia “Nowhere” single via Modernshortcuts
  

Clearly taking a cue from both the timeless Synthpop melancholy of Depeche Mode and the most elegant, melodic and anthemic late 90/early 00s electro-dark sound of Apoptygma Berzerk, VNV Nation and Covenant, the new single by Swedish duo, in Italo name and in fact, Coppia, unleashes magnetic swirls of dramatic synth riffs, grounded by hypnotic mid-tempo beats and taut undulating low ends, rising into a frenzy atop haunted, aching vocals, and high celestial cries, foolishly living in denial to avoid fate.

• New Zealand edm /spooky /fantasy /dungeon synth project Deadly Doe “Bleat​-​or​-​Treat” off the cassette album “Rise of the Cervid Moon” via Fiadh Productions
  
• Reno, NV post-punk /sadcore /ethereal pop singer-songwriter Sophie Woodhouse “Silver Locket” from the LP “Dear Diary: Yours Truly Edition”
  
• England‘s post-Strawberry Switchblade experimental pastoral folk group fronted by singer Rose McDowall, Sorrow “Fear Becomes You” off the CD/vinyl reissue of the 1999 second and final album “Sleep Now Forever” via Night School
  
• Scottish goth /post-punk /dark cabaret /avant-garde musical project from Edinburgh, This Sacred Flower “Entropy” from the EP “Khaos” via Sacred Realm Records label
  
• England‘s originally’90s gothic /wave /post-punk act Isabel Shrine “Always” off the EP “Beyond the Grey”
  
• Kazakhstan post-punk /darkwave solo project moonvampire “So Much Pain” single
  
• Italian Minimal Coldwave /Post Punk solo project, Love of Consolation “Touch” from “Another Soulless Night” EP
  
• Boulder, CO goth /ethereal /post-punk band  Jericruel “Cold II” from the debut LP “Daydream Amphetamine”
  
• Post-punk solo project from Ukraine, Квартира Номер 6 [Apartment Number 6] “Б​р​е​д” single
  
• Russian wave /post-punk band from Kaliningrad, Gibel Sada “Mezhsezonje” title track of “Mezhsezonje” EP
  
• Los Angeles, CA Indie-Sleaze /Post Punk Revival band Warsaw Pact “Light Brigade” single
  
• ’80s Argentinian 5-piece post-punk band Antihéroes “Presentes Urbanizados“ (1985) 2-track 7″ single via Munster Records and Twistin’ Bones
  
• Santiago-based, Chilean new wave /shoegaze /post-punk four piece TØLVA “Venus” single
  
• Brussels based new wave /shoegaze /synth-pop 4-piece Turquoise “Les yeux verts” from the debut LP “Avant demain” via Freaksville Records
  
• Manchester, UK indie rock /post-punk singer-songwriter and musician Tamsin Middleton, aka VICE VERA “Lunacy” single
  
• Brazilian synth-pop /darkwave /dark pop singer-songwriter from Novo Hamburgo, Camilla Sombrio “Who Cares About (My Sad and Sick Mind)” from “N​°​1 Manic Episode Manifest” EP
  
• Galicia, North of Spain‘s Synth Wave /Post Punk /synth-pop band led by Madrid-native musician Jorge Mills, Auto Sacramental “R​é​quiem” from the debut LP “Diario de la Plaga” via Ferror Records
  
• New York darkwave /coldwave /post-punk band Bootblacks ”Forbidden Flames (slowflood Remix)” on Artoffact Records
  
• Colombian electronic /drum & bass /post-punk /darkwave /synth-punk duo DMT [Dead Leaves] “No Hay Nada Más” single
  
• Dutch veteran EBM /new wave /proto-techno /minimal wave producer Danny Bosten, aka Das Ding “Ritual – Demo” from the archival compilation “Selected Archival Recordings 1979​-​1985” LP 12″ [Electronic Emergencies]
• Russian darkwave / synth-pop duo NIIKTO “Senses (Mist Version)” from “Nocturnal Emissions I” EP
  
• Pamplona, Basque Country synth-pop /post-punk /coldwave band Bris “Zaldi Gorri (feat. Elene)” single
  
• Melbourne-based 3-piece kraut /new wave /electronic rock band Black Cab “Non​-​Playable 2024” reworking by the Cab, Shan and Lopazz
  
• Kingston, New York avant-garde /noise /hip-hop /experimental /post-punk /no wave 4 piece experimental ensemble Open Head “House” off upcoming debut LP “What Is Success” via Wharf Cat Records
  
• Berlin-based, New-York-bred new beat /post-punk /new wave /synthpop /dark disco producer Luca Venezia, a.k.a. Curse “Vanish (Feat. Skelesys)” from the album “Another Heaven” via Ombra International
  
• London/Athens-based Greek coldwave /darkwave /dark electronic artist Night In Athens “I Search For A Sign” single via Wave Records
  
• New York EBM /industrial /darkwave /synthpop act of vocalist Athan Maroulis (Spahn Ranch, Black Tape for a Blue Girl), Kai Irina Hahn and Jamie Parganos on live keyboards, NOIR “My Dear (Assemblage 23 Remix)” from the album “The Best of the Remixes” via Metropolis Records
  
• Bloomington, Indiana goth /industrial /darkwave /coldwave /synth-pop project created in 2020 by Josh Kreuzman, Twice Dark “Telekinetic” single from the upcoming album of the same name
  
• Switzerland sci-fi Synth-Pop duo CØLDSTAR “Tumbling” single
  
• International Punk Electro collective Return Of The Luddites – “All In” off of “Return Of The Luddites” E.P. [Worst Crime Records]
• US EBM /industrial /synth-pop /wave /body funk project Matt Bias (That Which Is Not Said/Twins) and Chris Normal (Multiple Man), AKA Normal Bias “Burn Into Gold” from the debut LP “Kingdom Come” [DKA Records]
• Melbourne, Australia EBM /Industrial /synth-pop /dark wave solo act Hackitt “A Place Between” from the debut LP “Formless”
  
• Hungarian EBM /acid /rave /goa trance /dark electro /electronic artist István Gazdag, aka FIRST AID TECH “Tech Under Your Skin” title track of the album “Tech Under Your Skin” via Alfa Matrix
  
• Swedish industrial /EBM /synth-pop collaboration Majestoluxe & EMMON “Blood on the Ceiling” single via Icons Creating Evil Art
  
• Münster, Germany industrial /EBM /synth-pop /dark electro new project of Sevren Ni-Arb from X Marks The Pedwalk and his son LMX, aka Duophonic Noise Construction “Trauma” second single [Meshwork Music]
• Moscow based goth /darkwave /synth-pop duo, Dance My Darling “Smells Like Fabulous” from the LP “Funeral Service” via darkTunes
  
• Miami, Florida based Puertorican dark synth rock /post-punk duo, LUST ERA “Na Na Na” new single
  
• Florida goth /synthpop /darkwave singer-songwriter Violent Vickie “Gaslight (Echoberyl version)”
  
• Parisian EBM /synthwave duo debut No Sex Last Night “Cours dans la forêt” single
  
• Spanish electronic /synthpop act Lifelong Corporation “Television” off “Silent Streets” EP
  
• Luleå, Sweden dark synth-pop act The Black Celebration “Drown With Me” single via Town And Towers Records
  
• Hanover, Germany synthpop act Neon Space Men “Shake The Disease” (written by Martin L. Gore, 1985)
  
• Boston, MA-based dystopian electronic dance producers Reuben Bettsak and Bo Barringer, AKA Ex-Hyena “A Secret to Protect (André Obin Remix)” from “A Secret to Protect” single via Re:Mission Entertainment
  
• Helsinki-based disco /synth-pop band Modem “Ei puhuta en​ä​ä” from the split EP “Miten täällä voi elää?” with Dragsvik
  
• Richmond, VA dark electronics /darkwave act Petrified Entity “Retreat” single
  
• Los Angeles one-man post-punk /darkwave /gothic rock band, The Sweet Kill “Blood Red Roses” single
  
• Chilean darkwave /post-punk /gothic rock duo Diavol Strâin “Sacrificio” single
  
• Gothic rock band from Finland, Distant Stares “Fragile Enough (For Love)” single
  
• Kraków, Poland DIY gothic rock trio Miserea “Broken” from the debut album “I”
  
• Sardinia, Italy post-punk /gothic rock trio Instinct and Pain “Fading Hues” from the CD debut album “ALL IS GONE”
  
• Polish goth-punk /deathrock band from Poznań, Natures Mortes “Liar’s Web” single from upcoming debut album via Bat-Cave Productions
  
• Baltimore, Maryland / Lancaster, Pennsylvania post-punk duo Prognoz “Surround Me” from s/t EP
  
• US indie rock /noise rock /post-punk band Unlettered “She Is Inside You” from the upcoming LP “Five Mile Point”
  
• Mason City, Iowa-based lo-fi kraut /post-punk /synth-punk quartet Why Bother? “Tag the Train” off the new album “Hey, At Least You’re Not Me” on Feel It Records
  
• Portland, OR goth /new wave /deathrock DEVO DEATH “SNOWDOGS” from “GATES OF STEEL b​/​w SNOWDOGS” single via Miserable Pyre
  
• Melbourne, Australia goth /post-punk band Armour “Armour” from the cassette debut s/t EP
  
• Leipzig art-punk /now wave /country-punk/post-punk solo project Lumb “Dead Sparrow” from the cassette s/t album via Splitter Records
  
• Brisbane, Australia lo-fi /egg punk /garage /rock’n’roll /synth-punk act Midgee “(Somebody) Shot Me” from cassette “SPLIT” EP by Midgee & Electric Prawns 2 via Grog Records
  
• D.I.Y. post-punk band from Luxembourg, UltraNothing “The Grace Of Time” from “UltraNothing s​/​t E​.​P.
  
• New Jersey post-punk /dark rock‘n’roll foursome Hollow Howl “Sparkle Stars” from “Inner and Outer Terrain” EP
  
• Surf punk /no wave act from Antarctica, Bone Apple Teeth! – “Help me! Belly Button Eater!” off debut s/t EP
  
• Kassel, Germany gothic ethereal /neo-folk-medieval band Engelsstaub “Fading In The Dark” from the upcoming album “Seelengeleiter”
  
• Nevada neo-classical /fantasy /dungeon synth act Dragon Tomes “Glass And Ash Upon The Sands” title track of “Dragons Realm” album
  
• Ohio fantasy /dungeon synth project Wandesborow “The Red Room” from the album “Hallow’s Eve MMXXIV”
  
• Denton, Texas dark ambient /dungeon synth act Mortwight “Strange Defeat” from the cassette EP “In Violent Shadow” [Moonworshipper Record]