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Beauty and Despair — Swiss Coldwavers Future Faces Drift Among the Ashes of Lost Tomorrows in “Memoria”

Our entire life Was like a spell of beauty and despair This old delusion Hectic with our own selfish thirst Hailing from Geneva, Switzerland, Future Faces arose from the local…

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Chasing Ghosts by the Black Sea — Georgia-based Darkwavers Chronotape Release Poignant “Strangers” EP

Yesterday is history And today is just misery So we say “Long live the King” Oh, he ruined everything Hailing from Russia and now rooted in Georgia, Chronotape emerged in…

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Melbourne Artist Claire Birchall Blends Tremulous Art Pop Melodies With Gothic Undertones in “The Haunting”

I don’t mean to rain on your parade But sometimes when I bend, I break Australian artist Claire Birchall, Melbourne’s alchemist of sound, has conjured a collection steeped in foreboding…

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NYC Darkwavers MIDNIGHTCHOIR Release Spine-tingling Video for “Tempted” From Their “Temptation (Demos)” EP — Plus Review

You can keep your revolution if we can’t dance to it. Because we’re not going out on our knees. We’re going out on our feet. New York City darkwave/post-punk duo…

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From Space-Rock to Post-Punk — Miami’s SUMO Release Genre-shifting “III” LP

Three-piece instrumental space rock band SUMO, hailing from sunny Miami, stands sealed in a perpetual cycle of creation and collapse, breathing both ethereal calm and roaring fury. Their sound shimmers…

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Portland’s Sun Atoms Release Second Album “Everything Forever” Featuring Contributions From Members of Modest Mouse, The Vandelles, and More!

Portland’s Sun Atoms return with Everything Forever, their sophomore offering, which is out now via Little Cloud Records. A kaleidoscopic fusion of psychedelic rock and indie pop, the album reaches…

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Industrial Icon Skold & Alt-Rock Renegade Love Ghost Release “Love Ghost x Skold” LP via Metropolis Records

The angel cuts its wings It’s such a pretty thing There’s nothing left here to defend Something to suffer if it changes the end Love Ghost, an enigmatic indie rock…

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Inertia Her Redefines the Boundaries of Darkwave, Alt-Rock, and Electronica With “Glasgow Dance” EP

A fresh current in experimental electronic music surges forth under the guise of Inertia Her. This French-American music producer and photographer has swiftly carved a singular space in the underground…

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French Coldwave Project Neurasthenic Releases Breathtaking “Life of Pain” LP — Featuring Mark Freeth of Ausgang and More!

Daily life is sucking up my will Making me suffer the ordeal of the wheel, The winds of change… Have stopped blowing From the hushed outskirts of Lille, France, Neurasthenic…

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A Kiss Stolen Between the Barricades — NYC Artist Bob Gaulke Returns with “Stupid” LP

Poetry won’t feed the hungry; songs won’t stop the war That painting’s doing nothing to combat global warmth But in between the barricades I might steal a kiss Just to…

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