Weekly Post-Punk / Darkwave / Dark Synth Tips – NOVEMBER #45-23
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- US/Puerto Rico New Wave /Post-Punk long-distance collaboration, Pain In The Yeahs, Basavriuk, and Postlooperish “Another Night” single
The long-distance collaboration between three artists we’ve followed since their inception couldn’t help but be heartful and stirring, where past and present, memories and sadness intertwine and vibrate, laced with whimsical romantic moods, on the gusts of enveloping synth glows and sparkling layers of emotive guitar melodies to carry a desperate undying vibrancy of breathless vocal emotions through the longing and dreaming for “Another Night.”
- Riverside, CA post-punk /darkwave /dream goth act Perpetual Midnight “Cry Dance” single
Based on the recent pictures possibly now a solo project, Californian dreamy gothic band Perpetual Midnight has returned in recent weeks with a rich string of releases. One of the latest singles is a heartfelt and poignant ghostly distorted mournful dirge drowned in anger and sadness, veiled in a shimmer of hopeless guitar melodies and cold-iced forlorn synths, swirling around emotional baritone croons, haunted by a cold spoken word nemesis, into a toxic emptiness of bitterness and pain.
- Russian goth /coldwave /post-punk band from Smolensk, горемыка [Goremyka] “Le Misanthrope” single
A relished return from the Russian duo after a long hiatus with their intense and penetrating brand of Soviet cold and doomy Post-punk, this time even with unusual cavernous Death Metal undercurrents. “The Misanthrope” is stirred by the tragic alienation of cold and haunted solemn baritones, brooding amid distorted echoes of chugging biting bass lines, relentless mechanical rhythms and glistening weeping guitar needlings, to evoke feelings of restlessness, melancholy, and pain from a tormented soul devoured by a misanthropic nature.
- Turkish Gothic /Dark Wave one-woman band Bewitched as Dark “Under The Graveyard” single
- Coldwave /Post-punk /Darkwave project of French artist, songwriter, performer, and engineer frelu, aka NLIGHT featuring Mel Eyes “Catharsis” single
- Dijon, France dark ambient /goth /ethereal /minimal /folk /electronic artist Soupir “Accalmie” from the cassette album “Âmes Sanglantes” on IDIO[T]PHONE RECORDS
- French two-piece Post-Punk /Coldwave band, Lunar Lock “Dark And Lively” from the debut EP “The Dream Of Sad City”
- Portsmouth/London, UK coldwave /post-punk trio Sienas “Abstraction” from the debut “DEXTRA” EP cassette via Lost Wisdom
- Exeter, UK Post-Punk /Cold Wave band Fusea “Eos” from the second EP “Adrift”
- Sofia, Bulgaria ’90s formed, Balkan wave /post-punk /cold wave /dark wave duo На Червено “Тъмната вълна” title track of new album “Тъмната вълна”
- Sydney, Australia lo-fi indie /post-punk band (members of Orion, Diat, Itchy Bugger and Rapid Dye), The Lewers “Celestial Dogs” from the vinyl 12″ debut LP “518A” via Lulu’s Sonic Disc Club & Feel It Records
- Northern Spain‘s darkwave /post-punk /coldwave solo project URCO “Invierno En Tus Ojos” from the title track from the new EP “Invierno En Tus Ojos”
- Californian goth /darkwave /synth wave solo project based out of Los Angeles, QYBURN “Cynthia” title track of the fifth album “Cynthia”
- California gothic rock /post-punk /darkwave solo project No Horizon “Anaconda” single
- Melbourne-based electronic /post-punk /experimental pop /darkwave musician CALYX “Body” from the debut single “Body / M.G.E.P.”
- Berlin-based neo-folk /dark minimal wave /suicide pop solo project of Jean Christophe Lon, aka Corpse d’Alsace “Die Beschissenheit” off the EP “The Graveyard Tapes”
- Germany-based Coldwave /Post Punk /Darkwave duo Lebanon Hanover “Better Than Going Under” new 2-track EP
- Ottawa, Canada post-punk /darkwave duo Paul Anthony and Jim Roditis, aka Touched Fables “Cold Arms” from the debut LP “A Thousand Goodbyes” on Disown Me Recordings
- Halle (Saale), Germany industrial /experimental /post-punk /drone /noise project Void Gaze “Shrapnel” single
- Glasgow, UK experimental post-punk act of artist J.Wicks and Murray CY (Contort Yourself label head), Women’s Hour “Agitated Slumlord” from the upcoming self-titled LP [ L.I.E.S. Records]
- Cologne-based Darkwave /Post-Punk moniker of Tunisian native electronic producer Karim Bornaz, aka Nasty Habits “I Wish I Knew” from the upcoming cassette EP ”LATE & ON TIME” [META MOTO]
- Leipzig, Germany dark wave /coldwave act Erdrückende Monotonie “Körper ohne Namen” title track of the debut EP “Körper ohne Namen”
- New York-based dark electronic /electro-pop /synth-punk music-art-multi media collective led by Rhoya, Unboned “Metamorphsis” off “Latex Teeth (Demo)” EP
- Malmö, Sweden dark wave /minimal wave /dark synthpop duo Dennis Lood (Abu Nein) & ANGST (Den Sorte Død, ANGST Sessions), aka ATEMLOS “Damaged” from the debut LP “A pending doom”
- German Electronic /Synth-Pop /Minimal Wave /Kaldt Disko /Coldwave project of Harry Haller from Essen, FOKKER “The Cafe Exile”
- Mexico City-based Minimal Synth /Wave solo project of Iván Porto, aka Obsolenia “Interferencia” single
- Corinth, Greece electronic /new wave /darkwave new project of Serafim Tsotsonis, Voices77“Lies” debut single
- Bogotá, Colombia darkwave /post-punk /electroclash solo project by Mel Zb, Noromakina “Luna (Speed)” new single on Cold Transmission Music
- French cold wave /post-punk duo from Lille, The Log Equation “Little Bird” from the debut “Diane’s Diary” LP
- Mexico City Industrial /Dark Electronics /EBM solo project PURE ANIMA “Self Mute” from the debut single “STALKER”
- Cincinnati, Ohio techno /post-punk /electronic / EBM project of Avery Stanken, aka HEALNG “Dead Garden” single
- Cardiff, UK based industrial /synthpop /EBM /new beat /electronic Dj-producer David J Bull — “Shake Out, Get Loose” off “The Energy” EP 12″ [Dummy Hand]
- London-based EBM /industrial /noise /techno /dark wave conceptual artist Wvalaam Klous “Black Door” from V/A “ 16 TRACKS FOR MAHSA AND THE PERSIAN LIONESSES” charity compilation [GLANZ + ELEND]
- Parisian EBM /post-punk /electronic synth-punk duo Leroy Se Meurt “Baskı Iklimi” from upcoming “Voué à rouiller” LP 12″ [Mannequin Records]
- French electro-punk /synthpop group Lésion Française “Dans le Coeur” from the vinyl 12″ album “ÉROSION” via IDIO[T]PHONE RECORDS
- Peruvian industrial /dark electro /EBM /Synthwave duo from Lima, MonöChrome “Nightcrawler” single
- Viennese based post-punk /darkwave /synthpop duo Touch by Touch “Insel im Süden” from the cassette EP “Touché Deux”
- Russian electronic /darkwave /synthpop duo thewalkingicon “The Trail – radio edit” first single from the upcoming album on Negative Gain Productions
- New York by way of London and Belgrade eclectic techno /EBM electronic producer and Samo Records head, Facets “NocÌ Feat Marija Kovacevic” from “Breakable” EP [Optimo Music]
- Los Angeles-based industrial /synthpop /dance electronic musician and producer KANGA “Vital Signs (Mr.Kitty Remix)” [Metropolis Records]
- Montreal, Quebec coldwave /electro /synthpop artist Annie-Claude Deschênes “MENACE MINIMALE” [Italians Do It Better / Bonsound]
- German electro-industrial /synthpop pioneer act of Sevren Ni-Arb and Estefania based in Münster, aka X Marks The Pedwalk “Who Is Right” from the 12th album “Superstition” on meshwork music
- Austin, TX-based dark wave /new wave /synth-pop duo, New Neon “Paris” from the upcoming LP “Glamour Frenzy Moonlight Paris”
- Perth, Australia cult Post-Punk /Wave /Synthpop duo Crimson Boy “Always Alana (Ultra Mix)” single on Lightarmour Editions
- Köping, Sweden synthpop solo project of half of the duo Daily Planet, Johan Baeckström “Always Here” from “Here” EP on Progress Productions
- Swedish synthpop solo project by Markus Enström, aka Current One “The End Of July” single
- Manchester, UK electronic /new wave /synthpop solo project KRAFTman “Meltdown To The Core (7 Inch Version)” off “Meltdown To The Core” EP and part of the forthcoming album “Chernobyl”
- Portugal‘s darkwave new wave /synthpop trio Order in Chaos – “Drive (The Cars cover)”
- Hamburg-based darkwave /dreampunk /shoegaze band led by Dirk Knight, aka Seasurfer “Circle (feat. Undinyx)” new single off the upcoming album “Parasite”
- San Diego, CA-based post-punk /dethwave musician and composer Vestron Vulture “You Don’t Like Real Girls” single
- Mexico City post-punk /coldwave band led by Dali Lantzeta, Hoffen “Time” from the new LP “Proteos: la deconstrucción de los hechos”
- Chicago, IL darkwave /post-punk solo project Parasite Baby “Drive In The Night” from the EP “11”
- Seattle, WA-based goth darkwave project of illustrator and musician Taylor Mc Dermott, aka Taylor Void “Crucifix Spaceship” first single
- Spanish coldwave /darkwave solo project, Ingreso Cadáver “Cara a cara” from the album “Mi extraño ritual”
- UK Gothic Rock /Post-Punk /Darkwave musician, composer and producer Casket Cassette “Gravity” from the album “Love Letters to Ghosts”
- UK eclectic post-punk /darkwave solo project of Klaus Devore from Kendal, aka Claustraphobia “You’ve Got It Wrong” single
- Moncton, Canada-based Doom Metal /Gothic Rock solo project of Jason Schatsle (aka Wardruid), Gothnetic – “Even Angels Die” single
- Berlin‘s goth /post-punk /dark wave band Night Nail “Fates Explained” from upcoming third LP “Fates Explained” via Metropolis Records
- Italian darkwave duo Ufer – “LSA” debut single
- Kazakhstan post-punk /darkwave solo project moonvampire “Upír” single
- Ecatepec De Morelos, Mexico coldwave /dream pop /post-punk project Conjunto Vacío “Alien” single
- Los Angeles-based Dark Wave /Post-punk Latino goth solo project DEATH BY NATURE “NO LOVE” from “NO LOVE//TOO LATE” single
- German indiewave /postwave solo project, A Transition “Niveauflexibel” (single)
- Brazilian Proletarian Gothic/ Dark Glitchwave band led by André Luiz from Rio De Janeiro, ASTROPHYSICS “Ghost (post-punk cut)” from the single “Ghost”
- Queens, NY indie rock /post-punk solo project Sea Shapes “Withdrawal” single
- Nova Scotia cold wave /darkwave solo project (FKA Bleached Heat), Constant Joy “A Cupboard Somewhere” new single on Hush Ltd.
- San Diego, CA darkwave /synth wave /post-punk solo project of James Ivey, The Dirty Sun “All that is Falling” from “Sometimes We Exist” EP on Split Banana Records
- Russian synth-punk /noise /post-punk band from Rostov-On-Don, Nauchnyy Sotrudnik [Научный Сотрудник] “Пятнышко (feat. Июльские Дни)” collaborative single
- Berlin-based Grunge /Goth /Post-Punk band William Bleak “Es wird schon” single off the upcoming album “ASPHALT/CONCRETE” out on Valentine’s Day 2024
- England indie /post-punk quartet Headshrinkers “Plasticine” single
- Hattiesburg, Mississippi Shoegaze /Post-Punk band Detects “The First Time You Said Goodbye” from the upcoming LP “SECONDS”
- Atlanta, Georgia indie rock /post-punk trio OMNI “Exacto” from upcoming 4th LP “Souvenir” via Sub Pop
- Brooklyn noise /punk /post-punk three-piece Programmique “Remember What” from “Remember What b/w Desire Reiteration” 7″ single via Greenway Records
- Italian Minimal Electronic /Coldwave /Post-Punk moniker of musician, Cristian HC Usai, aka LOVE OF CONSOLATION “Un Homme Qui Dort” single
- Electronic /minimal synth /cold wave /synth duo The Ginger Twins “Misidentified”
- West Virginia fantasy/dungeon synth act Úmarth – “I am Approaching the Ruins with a Blunt Weapon” from the split album “Dead Spells and Rusted Weapons” with Lored Legend [Personal Uschi Records]