“REPLACED BY ROBOTS RETURN WITH - THE HUMAN TOUCH - THESE ARE LOVE SONGS”
Riding the new wave: NYC synthpop duo The Mystic Underground turn up the tempo and ferocity on We Could Be Fugitives, a clarion call to "take your lover by the hand and run" from monotony — already a live staple and dance floor weapon. Song for a Gorgeous Blonde delivers the heavily orchestrated Avlägsna förmögenheter, peering into distant fortunes with equal hopefulness and dread. Replaced By Robots bring guitar-driven rock with post-punk energy and electronic twists that feel "simultaneously familiar, futuristic, and slightly wrong." Montreal's Glass Dolls offer bedroom pop-inflected post-punk meditations on love, loss, and grief on Old Friend.
“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.”