Plugging in and turning up: Song for a Gorgeous Blonde delivers a heavily orchestrated meditation on hopefulness and trepidation peering into distant futures, while The Mystic Underground's We Could Be Fugitives turns up the tempo to maximum ferocity — a clarion call for dreamers to "take your lover by the hand and run." SOFT RIOT's Crux cruises through minimalist synth post-punk with subtle humor and mild psychedelia, and Modern Ideas crafts Melbourne garage synthpop where "plastic dreams, electric romance, and machines hum with human desire." Glass Dolls rounds things out with Montreal bedroom pop-tinged reflections on love, loss, and grief.
The Mystic Underground
We Could Be Fugitives
The new single from NYC Snythpop duo The Mystic Underground.
SOFT RIOT
Crux
The early '80s DIY synth spirit comes alive with SOFT RIOT's Crux, combining synth-based post-punk, new wave, EBM, and more.