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

• Conwy, UK DIY post-punk/darkwave/gravepop/synthpop solo project BLEACHED HEAT “Do humans float?” from the new album “Bleakism”
  

Ably merging glassy and icy melodic synth-pop riffs and hypnotic basslines with dark and bleak post-punk vibes, adorned by a Phil Oakley-like new wavish voice, the mighty DIY debut artifact of ‘grave-pop’ heartfully crafted by Welsh musician Stevie Eh, fully deserves repeated listens throughout all your festive period and beyond.

• UK Electronic /Post-punk /Darkwave and Electronica one-man-band KILL SHELTER “Buried Deep” from ”Sparkles in the Dark vol.5 – Radio Darkitalia edition” via Darkitalia
  

Our fave Scot post-punker Kill Shelter unleashes an instantly classic pitch-dark and sensually seething slab of darkwave, such powerfully epic and bone-chilling cold, you can’t help but just be buried deep into it. Impressive first preview from next year sophomore LP. Check out the brilliant compilation with lots of rarities and unreleased tracks from some of the best bands of the current scene, properly collected with passion by the ‘one and only’ Italian webzine & community, even Radio, Darkitalia.

• Spanish analog dark synth /post-punk solo project URCO “You failed me”                                                           

Somber gray melancholy and subdued affliction pervade the introspective and immersive gloomy atmospheric soundscapes from the analog synth-infused post-punk solo project Urco from the North of Spain. A highly rewarding listen for every DIY post-punk devotee.

• Swedish musician/composer/singer and visual artist (former member of Anywhen, and currently part of Exit North), THOMAS FEINER “Ave Maria” (Franz Schubert)
  
• Danish neo-folk project started by Kim Larsen in 1998, OF THE WAND & THE MOON “I Called Your Name” from the new album “Bridges Burned and Hands of Time” on Tesco Germany
  
• Texan darkwave/post-punk/minimal synth/coldwave solo project of Houston based drummer Bruce Courtney, THE STAVE CHURCH “The Floorboard” from the debut EP “This Dark Place”
  
• Melbourne/Caen synthpop /minimal wave duo Distant Stars “Souvenir (featuring Greg Weir)” off of the new album “The Tide” out now on Detonic Recordings
  
• London, UK dark minimal synth electronic music project THIS IS THE BRIDGE “Lost Without a Trace (Reconstruction)” [vocals, additional remix, and production: Iv/An] from the original track on the new album “The New Brutalism, Part Two”                                                                                                                                  
• Brest-based post-punk/synthwave/EBM/dark electronic Breton duo Maman Küsters “L’Alpiniste ‘Au Sommet de son Art’ (featuring Julia Bondar)” from the album “Cherche Querelle” on Music From The Masses
   
• Mysterious French dark synthwave/post-punk/synthpop/military pop act LARME BLANCHE “Paris La Nuit” from forthcoming “Demain Est Mort” album on Unknown Pleasures Records
  
• Palmira, Colombia minimal wave solo project HUMAN 80 “Geh Nicht (Original Mix)” from the new EP “Welt Der Frequenzen” on Analogue Texture Records
  
• West Ukraine’s dark minimalistic electronic ‘autumn pop’ project BEDROOM TALK “Yesterday’s Smile”                    
• Los Angeles synthwave/electronic/minimal wave duo More Ephemerol “Obituary Templates” new single on Blank City Records                                                                                                                                                 
• French/German electronic/post-punk/minimal wave/coldwave collaboration Black Egg + Beta Evers “Untold” off of split 12” E.P. “Secrets in Bloom” via Peripheral Minimal
  
• Washington, DC dark electro/synthwave/darkwave duo of Luna Blanc and Josh Clark (AKA DJ Impulse of Corrupt Souls/Sinthetix), a.k.a. S Y Z Y G Y X – “Ultraviolence in Violet” from V/A “Sparkles in the Dark vol.5 – Radio Darkitalia edition” via Darkitalia
    
• German analog minimal synth-wave project founded by Aaron Angebot, TRISTESSE LOYAL “Radiation” from debut limited S/T cassette tape on DEATH DISCO Music & Zines
  
• Kyiv, Ukrainian electronic producer Dari Maksymova (former front-woman of neo-gothic band On The Wane), 6TH CROWD ‘Самозванцы’ debut single from upcoming EP
  
• French alternative electro-pop artist (one half of Del Cielo) Gaël Desbois aka CHASSEUR “Crimson King” new single and title track from upcoming 2020 LP.
  
• Russian electroclash / synth-pop duo based in Saint-Petersburg, GETSUGA TENSHOU “2095” from “Thieves in Law” EP
  
• Californian trip-hop/darkwave/dark electronic duo Negative Child “Smoke & Mirrors” from 2-track “Demo 2019”
  
  
• Cape Town, South Africa shoegaze/post-punk band DANGERFIELDS “Prisoner (NONN Remix)”
  
• Ukrainian synth-pop duo Курносая Дура [Kurdura] “Хладнокровна” new single                                                 
• Karlsruhe, Germany electronic/synth-pop artist LUIS AKE “Circus der Ratten (feat. Xarah Dion)” from the album “Bitte Lass Mich Frei” on Mansions and Millions
     
• Brazilian post-punk quartet from São Paulo, Inês é Morta ”Abismo” title track from the new EP
  
• Post-punk/coldwave project from Indianapolis, DEAD TAPE “Away” new single
  
• San Diego‘s goth dark post-punk four-piece WARSAW “Do you love me?” off of V/A “e s t e a m o r n o e s p a r a c o b a r d e s t w o b – tributo a Nick Cave” on Mexico City’s humodesangre
  
• Ukrainian lo-fi / indie /dreampop / post-punk solo project based in Kyiv, вчера после завтра [Vcheraposlezavtra] ‘музыка тоски’ from the new album ‘поезд в никуда’                                                           
• Ostend, Belgium Alternative/Darkwave/Gothic band Der Klinke “Who To Deny” new 7″ single
  
• San Diego, CA coldwave/ post-punk band fronted by Dustin Frelich, Cerulean Veins “Boo” from forthcoming 2020 album “Blue”
  
• Graz, Austria punk/synth-punk post-punk trio FALLE “On The Cusp” from the new cassette album »Expectations« on CUT SURFACE
  
• Melbourne, Australia sad-girl post-punk band FOREVER RENTER “Pins” from the debut EP “Wisteria”
  
• Denver, CO experimental/darkwave/post-punk project (members of Homebody), NATURAL VIOLENCE “Acceptance/Employment” from the upcoming cassette album “Goodnight White Noise” on Death Shadow Records
  
• Izmir, Turkey bedroom/synthwave/post-punk/synthpop musician Kafaya Islak Çifte – “Neden Rock?” new single
  
• Washington, D.C. Electronic/Darkwave/Post-Punk/synth-pop project nosuchname “ghouls (feat. English Death)” new single
  
• Russian rock’n’roll/shoegaze/post-punk/Siberian wave project Горсад [Gorsad] ‘Хлеб для пидарасов’ from ‘Gorsad 2’ EP on Тилгор Краут
  
• Marseille, France coldwave/darkwave/post-punk band CONFETTI MALAISE “Black Tears” from S/T debut EP
  
• London, UK dark indie/darkwave/post-punk band Future Daughters “Dissolve [ Radio Edit ]” from the single EP “Dissolve”
  
• Costa Rica‘s noise/punk/post-punk band Lizards From Venus “All Radical” new single
  
• Lyon, French rock’n’roll/punk band (members of The Scaners, Sonic Killers and Les Barneurs), aka BEATEN BRATS “Cop Magnet” from S/T debut album
  
• Russian synth-wave / lo-fi / synth-pop act КУЗИНА [KUZINA] ‘Лоб feat. Звёзды‘ new single.
  
• Fayetteville, AR darkwave / post-punk / synth-pop 5-piece WHITE MANSION “Clear Your Head” new single on COLD TRANSMISSION MUSIC
  
• Albuquerque, New Mexico goth/coldwave/darkwave one-man-band THE ENDLESS “One Tear Drop”
  
• Brownsville, TX new wave/coldwave/post-punk duo TWIN TRIBES “Perdidos” off of the new sophomore album titled “Ceremony” via Manic Depression Records and Young & Cold Records
  
• Geelong, Australia post-punk/punk rock band featuring members of Jarrow, Vintage Crop, The Floaties & House Deposit, DRAGNET “Wipe It Off” from new cassette album “All Rise For Dragnet” on Spoilsport Records
  
• Isle of Man, UK goth rock/post-punk 5-piece SLOW DECAY “Running Barefoot” from the new LP “Pre-Dawn Light” out now via Small Bear Records
  
• Detroit, Michigan dark post-punk rock band VAZUM “In Night” from the forthcoming album “Vampire Villa” due out in 2020
  
• L.A. post-punk/darkwave/gothic rock band, London After Midnight “Your Best Nightmare (9119)” from the remixed 1991 album “Selected Scenes from the End of the World: 9119” on Darkride Records
  
• Italian post-punk/darkwave/deathrock/gothic rock 4-piece from Turin, BURNING GATES “Waxfire (Edit Version)” from “Rarities” album on Swiss Dark Nights Label
  
• German post-punk /coldwave band from Halle, BAICAL ”Cupids Arrow” new single
  
• Athens, Greece synthpop/ post-punk /darkwave duo of composers/sound artists Ion Solounias (Ion Vader, Eternal Perspective, Declaration of Unity), and Aggelos Mastrantonis (Spooky RedRum), DEATHBED “Transgressions” from the upcoming “Alabastrine” EP
  
• Italian synthwave/post-punk/darkwave side project of noise/industrial experimentalist Suture, LOVE OF CONSOLATION “Fall”
  
• Swedish post-punk 4-piece from Stockholm, ISOLATED YOUTH “Voodoo” new single on Fabrika Records
  
• NSW, Australian garage/post-punk/punk band, R.M.F.C. “Racer” from new split 7″ with Set-top Box coming out 24th of January on Goodbye Boozy recs
  
• Serbian noise-rock/post-hardcore/post-punk outfit Speech Disorder “Autodidact” from the debut EP “Expose”
  
• Tulle, France post-punk duo HININ “La Corde” from new cassette album “Hors-Jeu” on Hidden Bay Records / ILoveLimogesrecords
  
• Bern, Switzerland psych/garage-punk/new wave 4-piece PENKOWSKI “The Legacy of Kim Jong Il” from the album “Please don’t call me human”
  
• Kyiv, Ukraine alt/noise-rock/post-punk outfit PODSTAVA [Подстава] ‘Санта Механика’ from ‘Солнца Круг’ EP                                                                                                                                                                           
• San Francisco‘s goth/noise/post-punk trio THE TUNNEL “Death’s Request” from forthcoming album “Shapeshifter” via Forbidden Place Records
  
• Fresno, CA post-punk/coldwave trio Alone In My Room “Flashing Lights” off “Melancholy” new 2-track single     
• Paris-based garage/post-punk/punk band LAST NIGHT “Fragile” from the third vinyl album “Negative 384 400”
  
• French wave/ethereal-pop project between Opera Multi Steel (Franck Lopez + Catherine Marie) & Hide & Seek, TIRAMIST “Sting Like A Bee” from the upcoming sophomore LP “Phoenix” on Wave Records.
  
• Brooklyn, NYC dark electronic krautrock/trip-hop/synth-pop project of Robert Toher (former Brooklyn’s Eraas), Public Memory “Before I Forget” from upcoming EP “Illusion of Choice” on Felte
  
• Berlin-based dark ambient/coldwave/darkwave/post-punk project of Anna Nin (formerly None), GLARING “Devil In Disguise”                                                                                                                                                     
• California dark synthwave solo project of Meg Wilhoite, aka DEATH OF CODES “Shot” from the new EP “Vision”
  
• American/Norwegian transatlantic polar synth-pop duo of New Yorker Ruth Mirsky and Tromsø-born producer Mads Martinsen, aka The Familiar “Everything” new single
  
• Moscow-based electronic synth-pop/dream pop/new wave project of Dmitry Gruber (aka Galatée), aka Hjördis-Britt Åström “Stardust” from the EP “VII (Demo)”
  
• Moscow, Russia dark folk/neo-folk solo project, NEUTRAL “The World of Disbelief” title track of the new 4th album on Infinite Fog Production