Synthpop pulses with life: Song for a Gorgeous Blonde's CHILL aims at Chillwave but gloriously misses, blending ambient, downtempo, and reggae with a cranky solo thrown in for good measure, while their Söndagsbiltur and Avlägsna förmögenheter deliver cinematic, heavily orchestrated instrumental reveries. Modern Ideas crafts "plastic dreams and electric romance" from a Melbourne garage — think Depeche Mode drama meets DIY authenticity. LA dark synthpop trio BlakLight haunt the dancefloor with brooding, cinematic intensity, and Venus Spins Backwards brings catchy electro-industrial Technopop House from the edge of the dimensional vortex.
Modern Ideas
This Is How It Hurts
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