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“Fell in Love With the Smell of Strangers” — Amsterdam Dark Synth Artist Subject Sue Shares Single “Details In The Dark”

Went out three nights in a row Didn’t know what was About to unfold Subject Sue began as an alter ego, but the separation between performer and person has apparently…

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Cutting Through a Memory of Stone — Crush Of Souls Explores the Ruins of an Old Castle in Video “Dying to Stay Young”

The end is the beginning With a different name Laughter in sheets of metal Cutting through a memory of stone Crush of Souls has always carried himself like a man…

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“There’s a Shadow Stuck in My Chest” — Amsterdam Dark Synth Artist Subject Sue Shares Sensual Video for “Under My Skin”

Memory of your touch Won’t leave me alone Desire rarely makes a clean exit. It usually lingers on, as pressure, an afterimage in the body—a memory whose touch survives long…

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Into the Darkness — Linz Austria’s Brånd Burns Like Starfire in Video for “Da Erste Stern”

In dir valorn betten si Woid und Föd ei in de Dunkelheit von deina Wöt Night has a way of making the world feel newly enchanted and newly dangerous. The…

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“The Jacuzzi Burps Up Something Dead” — Crush of Souls Shifts Into Dark Dance Synth Overdrive in Video for “Sudden Death”

The scene is set There are candles on the bed The jacuzzi burps up Something that’s dead Charles Rowell has long seemed driven by deeper compulsions than pose or poster…

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“The Sorrow You Leave” — Italian Post-Punk Act The Spoiled Shares Harrowing Video for “When It Rains”

Sometimes oceans ain’t that deep Lay down, close your eyes with me A million different voices pass me by The sorrow you leave me when you’re not here The damage…

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Berlin Duo Silver Tears Smolder With Gothic Decay in Their Video for “No Retribution”

While the walls came down You waltzed around goodbyes In the puddle of tears Dancing like a harlot’s kite Silver Tears is a name that flickers with contradiction—metallic and fluid,…

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Boston Post-Punk Trio House of Harm Release Smoldering Dark Pop Single “Can’t Fight the Feeling”

There is a clean, crystalline moment, terrible in its suddenness, when the glass shatters and nothing remains to obscure the light. The heart, long dulled by hope’s haze and fear’s…

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Curses and Skelesys Join Forces as Silver Tears — Watch the Post-Punk Duo’s Video for “Remember”

A name like Silver Tears drips with contradiction—metallic yet liquid, weighty yet dissolving. The partnership of Berlin-based Luca Venezia (Curses) and Damian Shilman (Skelesys) revels in these tensions, their music…

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Montreal’s Spleen to Release Collection of Psychedelic, Oi, and Post-Punk Demos via Avant!

Born in the back alleys and underground haunts of Montreal, Spleen slashes through the static with a lineup pulled from Canada’s fiercest musical corners: punk agitators Béton Armé and Puffer,…

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