“Imagining what it might be like to return to my childhood streets as the person I was now, in sweet LoFi”
Synths are primed and the dancefloor awaits: Glasgow-based synth auteur SOFT RIOT drops Crux, a masterclass in DIY synthesizer post-punk balancing darkwave, EBM, and Italo with "disquieting and melodic" precision. Melbourne's Modern Ideas debuts with garage-crafted '80s synth-pop that embraces "beauty and pain, melancholy and euphoria" — plastic dreams humming with human desire. Dino DiMuro gets nostalgic with the sweet LoFi Man Again, imagining a return to childhood Hollywood streets as his present-day self. Meanwhile Chris of Wilderness delivers the sonically dense Weeks Like Worms, a paranoid electronic circus built from hardware samplers and two-take spontaneity.
“Imagining what it might be like to return to my childhood streets as the person I was now, in sweet LoFi”
“Described by one youtube connoisseur as CIA torture music, but I'm pretty sure they're wrong.”
“Melbourne-based synth-pop/new wave debut single from Modern Ideas, the solo project of Wilding's Justin Stokes. RIYL: Depeche Mode, New Order, Pet Shop Boys”
“Sneak preview of our next album, this song blends lofi post(egg)punk energy with dark janglepop vibes to weave a tale of redemption on life's empty highway.”
“The title means Distant Fortunes, and this heavily orchestrated track envisions both the hopefulness and trepidation of peering too far into the future.”
“Nostalgic dreamy scene in a world of love and growth on why are we exist in the first place”