A mix covering a number of varieties of synth pop including 80s retro sounding synthpop, post-punk and coldwave, the darker side of synth pop and pure unadulterated pop music! Enjoy. Full Tracklisting: Xeno & Oaklander – The Light, The Whisper … Continue reading Never Dream – A Synth Pop Mix
This weeks pack of three centres on three recent synth pop releases. Murheet – Musta Tähti The first track on this debut EP from Finnish act Murheet is simply immense. Älä Kysy Liikaa (Don’t Ask Too Much) is a driving … Continue reading Something For The Weekend? Three Synth Pop Releases
The Swedish Winter is the lead single to be taken from the forthcoming album Stockholm by Red Sleeping Beauty. It’s a full on synth pop affair that can spark comparisons to the likes of O.M.D, The Pet Shop Boys and Saint Etienne. And it’s rather good! The Swedish Winter can be purchased digitally from the label (lossy formats only) or via Bandcamp. Stockholm will be released later this month by Matinee Recordings. Pre-order it from here. An album sampler can be streamed here. Facebook Continue reading Red Sleeping Beauty – The Swedish Winter
Continuing my recent exploration of music released in the past three months tagged as Brussels or Bruxelles on Bandcamp. Route 77 – Route 77 Post-punk yesterday and some punk today in the shape of this self titled effort from Route … Continue reading Something For The Weekend? Three, Maybe Four, From Bruxelles
This weeks pack of three feature three recent post punk releases. Angel-Maker/Lowfaith – Split A very strong split release featuring two tracks each from Indianapolis based Angel-Maker and Denver based Lowfaith. The EP shifts back and forth from dark guitars … Continue reading Something For The Weekend? Post-Punk
Another day, another Russian band and another trip to Google Translate. Today it’s Moscow based synth pop band Apple Tree with their song Estuary. It’s a slow burning, sometimes haunting coldwave track that suggests memories full of remorse. Lovely stuff and an excellent follow up to last years Thoughts. VK.Com Continue reading яблоня – устье
Before I have had even time to blink I have racked almost a century of emails in my bandcamp folder. Time to wade through some of those tracks that are piling up! Leathers – Phantom Heart Leathers is the project of Shannon Hemmett who is also a member of Canadian post-punk band Actors. Phantom Heart mixes synth pop and dark wave to great effect. Facebook Sheer – Glimpse Glimpse is the first track in almost two years from Californians Sheer. It’s worth the wait as Glimpse is a laid back alt-rock track with lovely female vocals which betray the melancholic … Continue reading February Round Up #1
Another fine piece of synth based post punk via Russia and Фирма-однодневка or to give them their English name One Day Firm. It’s harsh, almost industrial listening as the electronic beats go up against bleak and determined vocals. It’s almost as good as the Soviet cover art! Facebook Continue reading Фирма-однодневка – Ты знаешь
Funeral Advantage release their new EP/mini album Nectarine next month and Black House is the first track to be lifted from it. I am not sure if the track is fully representative of the rest of the new album as it’s sound has moved significantly away from 2017’s guitar driven Please Help Me whilst Black House is a tasty slab of synth driven dreampop (surely gloompop!). Who knows what the new album will bring but for now I am enjoying this one. You can pre-order Nectarine from here. Homepage Continue reading Funeral Advantage – Black House
French act Spoon God have been around for a few years now and this brand new EP seems to be their first release since 2014. They make music which transcends genres and on this EP you can hear everything from drone to Krautrock or alt-rock to post-punk. I must confess I found some of the tracks hard to get into at first but there are some here that grow worthy of your ears attention such as the coldwave inspired The Real Thrill (666 Queer Cult) and Seventeen which slow burns with pulsing guitars. However the title track stands out for … Continue reading Spoon God – Dead Hipsters
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