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

• Seattle, WA goth /darkwave /post-punk duo Loyal Object “The Day You Change” 2nd single
  
• Santiago, Chile synth-pop /darkwave /coldwave female-fronted duo Vioflesh “Tonight” single [darkTunes]

The Chilean duo have ably built with patience and perseverance, single after single, a consistent level of quality delivery, as shown by the new single, a nocturnal wolf-clad hymn of transformation rooted in myth, instinct, and emotion. Blending a Darkwave visceral edge with Post-punk urgency, “Tonight” compels razor-sharp and clattering drum patterns to pound with unrelenting snapping energy, alongside droning throbbing basslines, under sultry, ritualistic vocals, echoed by woefully wailing strains of atmospheric guitars, shedding fear and awakening courage beneath the shadow of the moon.

• Roraima, Northern Brazil, synth-pop /darkwave duo, Lost Lenore “Shadows Left Behind” from “Lost In Outtaspace” EP [Systemica]

Drifting between dreams and reality to turn loneliness into light, the Brazilian act delivers cold, moody darkwave/synthpop in a The Frozen Autumn and Clan Of Xymox style, driven by upbeat danceable programmed beats cloaked in lush swells of glistening atmospheric synths, drawing dark neon-lit somber symphonies carried by magnetic, vibrant female vocals filled with gloominess, heartfelt passion and emotional flair.

• Canada Minimal Synth Wave act AKKUMULLER “Pink Shoes” ltd. 7″ single [Kernkrach / Nancy Records]

Buzzing, moody and chilly minimal synth number from Canada, impelled by skeletal tinny drum machines, droning undulating loops, and obsessive squeaky pulsations, all swept by uncanny doomy synth drifts atop aloof, distorted, slightly unstable, female vocals, explaining how “Pink Shoes” stand out in a black world. The band furthers the tight and compulsive mechanical paranoia on the edgier flip.

• Hamburg-based Experimental/Darkwave /Post-punk/Cold Wave solo project by Anna Nin, Glaring “Into Dust” from the cassette album “Inertia” [Private Experiment]
• Berlin-based lo-fi minimal /angular /synth /post-punk band Schimmel über Berlin “Eisenmund” title track of the new album [Billo / Static Age Musik]
• Hamburg-based Experimental/Darkwave /Post-punk/Cold Wave solo project by Anna Nin, Glaring “Into Dust” from the cassette album “Inertia” [Private Experiment]
• Leipzig, Germany lofi /minimal /leftfield /post-punk band Marauder “La Jaguar” from “Flaschenträger” LP [Feel It Records]
• Leipzig, Germany indie rock /punk /wave /post-punk four-piece ONYON “The Figurine” from the third LP “Pale Horses” [Swish Swash Records / Mangel Records]
• Granada, Spain new wave /post-punk trio Error de Paralaje “Polvo” from the EP “Imagen Latente” [Brainwasher Records (DE)/ Chicken Attack Records (UK/ES) / Andalucía Über Alles  (ES) / Crapoulet Records (FR)]
• Kaliningrad, Russia post-punk /no wave band Blind Seagull “Sowing the Wind” from “Leftovers” EP
  
• Hayfork, California art-rock /post-pre-future punk band (former members of Baltimore’s Wilderness), Vulture Feather “Pleasant Obstacle” from forthcoming “Craving and Aversion” EP [Felte]
• Chicago-based post-punk band Soft Kill “Feel This High” 2-track single
  
• Edmonton, Canadian bootgaze /post-punk /synth rockers Home Front – “Dancing With Anxiety” off the second “Watch It Die” LP [La Vida Es Un Mus Discos]
• Mississippi new wave /shoegaze /synthpop solo project Blue Livingroom “Ground Floor” from the cassette edition of the 2021 debut album “For Keeps” [Sister Cylinder]
• Rennes/Paris coldwave /synthwave /sadwave band (members of Dead and Giirls), YEARS OF SHAME “Heat” single [Icy Cold Records]
• Bologna, Italy synth wave /shoegaze /darkwave /post-punk trio The Black Veils “Nyctalopia” third single from the new album “Gaslight” [Icy Cold Records]
• Italian darkwave /post-punk one-man band from Villa Latina, IC2 “Time Slips” single
  
• Santa Barbara, CA Rock ‘n’ Roll /Deathrock /Gothic Dark Rockers Rival Cults “Dripping With Divinity” [Dune Altar]
• German darkwave /gothic rock band The House of Usher “How Much Love Can You Give?” single [Alice In…]
• Italian goth /post-punk /electro-wave solo project K Я U R “Draught of Gall” (demo) single
  
• German new wave /post-punk solo project of Vanessa Funke, aka The Occasion – “A Shame That Shouldn’t Be Mine” from the second LP “Songs Of The Night” [Violet Hour Transmissions]
•  Hungarian Synthwave /Post-punk band kékmandarin – “Elvek háborúja” from the album “rabszolgalét”
  
• Karlstad, Sweden post-punk /synth-pop trio Nevrosa – “Bring your madness” single
  
• Amsterdam-based South African New Wave /Gothic Post-Punk band Holograph “A Weapon” from “TEETH” EP
  
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK 2-piece darkwave /post-punk band Vampire Valentine “Porcelain” debut 2-track single
  
• Bremen, Germany EBM /dark electronic father-daughter duo, Mono/xyd – “Underage (Original Version)” single
  
• Budapest, Hungarian Goth /Dark Wave four-piece Cold Contrast “Illusions” single
  
• Italo/British coldwave /darkwave /post-punk collaboration The Spoiled “Ravenous (feat. Corlyx)” single
  
• Catalunia, Spain dark electro /darkwave /synth-driven synth solo project by Manresa, doomzdei “Rewind” from “Eterno Retorno” EP
  
• Manchester, UK world /exotica post-punk band active in the late ’80s/early ’90s, Entracte “So Seductively” from the upcoming unreleased album “Imbalance” [Tiny Global Productions]
• Portland synthpop /dream-pop /darkwave artist Hyperestis “Just Go” from “Id Ova” LP (the third album in a trilogy: A Void, O Diva, and Id Ova)
  
• Long Beach, CA DIY Post Punk /Minimal Synth act, Nights Templar “Hey Jealousy” (The Gin Blossoms cover), title track of the new EP “Hey Jealousy”
  
• French minimal electro /Italo /synth-pop /electro-wave artist Makina Girgir “Ваша Тайна (Your Secret)” from “Illusions” EP [Falco Invernale Records]
• French EBM /soundtrack /post-punk /darkwave /synthwave /industrial /techno /electronic producer hørd – “Whistle Grey” from the upcoming album “BLUESTAR” [Paragon Recordings]
• German dark EBM /minimal synth duo Hypnotischer Traum “Der Operator” from “GRAUTON – Der Operator / Das Programm” single
  
• Dresden, Germany angst pop /synth-pop /post-punk act Die Wahrheit “M.A.D.A.” from the cassette album “Der Tränen Deines Körpers” [Le Feu Des Refusés]
• Philadelphia EBM /electro project of post-punk icon and founding member of Crash Course in Science, Michael Zodorozny “Land Of The Vole” 1st single from the second LP “On Test Pilot” [electronic emergencies]
• Montreal, Québec electronic /minimal wave /synthpop producer and songwriter Xavier Paradis, aka AUTOMELODI “Riquet ne chante plus” from “Cavallo” EP [Young & Cold Records]
• Leipzig, German dark electro /industrial /EBM artist Tino Claus, aka TC75 “Now I Need You (Zalvox Remix)” from the forthcoming remix album “Reconstruction Orders”
  
• London-based Darkwave /EBM /Post-Punk duo of Hefty and Chlorine Gargoyle, aka Discarnate “Acid Rain (Original Mix)” from “Acid Rain” EP
  
• Montreal minimal synth /synth-pop /cold wave /dark electronic collaboration No & Douce Angoisse “Ghost In Dreams” single
  
• Santa Cruz-based darkwave /synthwave duo Vandal Moon “Money Dance” third single from the upcoming album “DIE HAPPY”
  
• Los Angeles minimal /synth /new wave duo More Ephemerol – “Disengagement Ring” single
  
• Washington D.C. gothic rock /darkwave /synthpop act Hex Formes feat. D1NTR “Hex, Blood & Tears” single
  
• Knoxville, Tennessee cinematic Synth-Pop project of experienced musician Brandon Biondo, aka New Romantics “Games” from the upcoming second LP “No Life” [Gezellig Records]
• Cincinnati, OH industrial /EBM /synth-punk collaboration, Healng and Brood Faye “Touched by the Hand of God” (New Order cover)
  
• Paris-based indie dance /dark wave /post-punk /dark disco /coldwave producer La Mverte “Last Dance” single
  
• Buenos Aires, Argentina breakbeat /darkwave /leftfield /hypnotic techno artist Desirée Falessi “Earthbound (Skelesys Remix)” from “Obsidian” EP [Electric Shapes]
• Dallas, TX coldwave /darkwave /synthpop solo act SIGILS “LOVESICK DESIRE” title track of “LOVESICK DESIRE” EP
  
• Belgian industrial /synth-pop /minimal synth-wave project formed in 1979, made of Dirk Ivens & Eric Van Wonterghem, aka Absolute Body Control “Sorrow (Rue Oberkampf Remix)” from the 2xLP vinyl reissue of 2010 LP “Shattered Illusion & Remixes″ [Mecanica Records]
• East London / Athens coldwave /darkwave /synthpunk solo electronic music project of Tina Boleti, Night In Athens “Anxiety (feat. Porcelain Dancer)” single [Artoffact Records]
• Spanish EBM /darkwave /techno /dark electronic music producer Nightcrawler “RESIDENT NIGTHMARES” from “MALEVOLENT FORCES” EP
  
• Los Angeles gothic /darkwave /synthwve / genre-defying solo act Virulents “THE NETRUNNER” from “REAP WHAT YOU SOW” LP
  
• Washington, D.C. retrowave /darkwave /synthwave producer featuring Colombian singer from Bogota, Karneaux “Listen (Ft Ana Gartner)” from “Axiomatic” EP [Retro Reverb Records]
• Ireland industrial /noise /tribal /bog punk outfit The Wild Eyes “HEX, DRUGS & HEDGEROWS” single
  
• Tampere, Finland post-punk /darkwave duo Uhrisavu “Totuus” from the mini-LP “Ei meitä pelasta kukaan”
  
• Melbourne-based synth wave /synth-pop solo project of Joseph Ling, aka Static “Through The Sand” single
  
• Manchester, UK alternative /noise rock /post-punk band SlowHandClap “Horses in Transit” single
  
• Lenoir, North Carolina goth rock /post-punk band EarthaEye “Communion” from “Dark Ages” EP
  
• Berlin’s DIY post-punk /dark anarcho punk outfit Industry “War On The Poor” from the upcoming second self-titled album [La Vida Es Un Mus]
• L.A. goth /death-rock /dark post-punk band (ex-members of hardcore punk bands Smut and Smirk), CEMENTO – “Better Days” off the second LP “Bad Dream Songs” [ Iron Lung]
• Raleigh, NC punk /synth-punk lifers DE()T “Creepin’ In” off “Welcome to the Idiot Factory” EP [Sorry State Records]
• Örebro, Sweden chain punk /garage punk /egg punk band Rat Art “Sore Loser” from “RAT ART” EP
  
• Russia retrowave /chillwave /coldwave /synthpop /sovietwave synthpop band Naukograd “Туман” from the 2-track “Берег” single
  
• Italian ambient /synthwave /fantasy /dungeon synth project Hjartans “Friendships are renewed and old foes rise again” from “Gifts of Magic and Steel” LP
  
• England lo-fi fantasy horror /dungeon synth /dark ambient project by I.M. (Electric Dragon, Vallenfyre), Caerdroia “The Will of the Beckoner” from the LP “Village of Hollows”
  
• South Africa dak ambient /fantasy /dungeon synth project skymx “Emerald Highlands” from the collaborative LP skymx & The Ashen Codex “The Land Of Silk And Money”
  
• Italian ambient /synthwave /fantasy /dungeon synth project Hjartans “Friendships are renewed and old foes rise again” from “Gifts of Magic and Steel” LP
  
• French ambient /epic /cosmic dungeon synth project Forge of Nova “Sparks Are Tears” from the cassette LP “Arwerenn”