When thinking of Jennifer Touch, two words come to mind - multifaceted and powerhouse. Based in Berlin, she sings, writes, and produces songs that are wide in sound, reaching points including post-punk, new wave, cold wave, various styles of dance, synth wave, and even pop.
Love Object, the Moscow-based group consisting of Dasha Utochka and Danya Mu, are set to release their debut album 'New Flesh' on December 3rd via Italians Do It Better. Having previously released their video 'The Kill' last month, Love Object have now unveiled their latest tune titled 'Abyss'. The song is an upbeat, dance-driven, synthwave meets new wave meets pop handing, with Dasha Utochka continuing to sing in her native Russian.
London/Glasgow post-punk trio Shopping are gearing up for the release of their new LP 'All Or Nothing', out February 7th via Fat Cat Records. One of the songs that will be featured on the record is their latest single 'For Your Pleasure'. An ode to letting go of material things that are only temporary satisfying, the sonic marriage of post-punk, new wave and minimal synth act as the perfect musical palette for the potent and must-needed lyrics.
Post-punk, electronic duo Collapsing Scenery return with a new track entitled 'Bush Mama Blues'. The song is taken from their forthcoming LP 'Stress Positions', landing this June. Frenzied in sound, the transitions from a chaotic slice of electronica to a beautiful piano-led composition. The single also highlights the group continuous musical melting pot, bridging sounds spanning from late 70s - early 80s new wave to modern techno. You can stream 'Bush Mama Blues' down at the bottom.
Berlin by-way-of NYC producer and musician Curses has teamed up with duo Local Suicide to release new collaborative EP for the UK-based Tusk Wax imprint. Simply dubbing it 'Tusk Wax 28', the 4-track record finds the artists doing what they do best, which is pump out dark and husky disco, hedi EBM, acid and synth wave, all spawned with a post punk sensibility. A complete soundtrack to late hour clubbing in Berlin, the EP follows Tusk Wax's 'Tusk Wax 27', all the while bringing more bite and edge. Stream a preview below.
Massachusetts band Boy Harsher will release their new album 'Careful' on February 1st, 2019 via their Nude Club Records imprint. The duo have also shared the video for the second single release entitled 'Fate'. Filmed in Glasgow and directed by Bryan M. Ferguson, the blood fest visuals feature a woman who's listed as missing, strolling the streets after performing a series of murders, the woman seems to go about her business in a calm and collected fashion.
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Post-punk, synth-wave, industrial, techno - Barcelona's SDH (Semiotics Department of Heteronym) are some of the best to craft the sound bursting from Spain. Comprised of Andrea P. Latorre and Sergi Algiz, label owners of Cønjuntø Vacíø and members of the cutting edge band Wind Atlas, their SDH project is the ultimate rush of haunting, heavy electronica layered with a synth-pop spreading, creating the ultimate balance between light and dark. Questioning the idea of fiction, SDH's sound is a continuing ride through illusory and realism. With their new EP 'Tell Them' out March 9th on Avant! Records, Semiotics Department of Heteronym are true heroes of electronic and post-punk alchemy.
Barcelona's SDH (Semiotics Department of Heteronyms) have announced the release of their new EP 'Tell Them', out March 9th via Avant! Records. Comprised of three tracks, the duo fuse post-punk, synth-wave, industrial and techno for one dark, hard-hitting punch.
