Synthpop on Saturday

 Here are a few synth tracks that caught my ear this week. I am Mr. Forty Hours A Week now, so I am a wee bit more tired these days. So, I will share some nice tunes and let them speak for themselves!


This sparkly one was just posted. Goodbye July is Paul from Anything Box, so you know this comes from a real talent!


I love the deep male vocals on this track from Atlanta's Frisky Monkey. The guitar fits nicely with the tempo of this modern synthpop.


More from France: You Are Number Six has quite a few synthpop/new wave keepers on Soundcloud. I encourage you to spend some time with his second ep "Lensflares" which came out this month,



This is labeled as Synth Punk, which is cool with me. It's got tougher vocals more akin to Post-punk (think new Agent Side Grinder).

Mid-week: Sounds Bleak

This new single from The Radio Dept. is rather bleak, so let's hope for something sunnier when the album is released.



I found this one via It's A Trap and I thought it was interesting. It makes me think of early 80's Cure... but, damn, how old are these kids? Again, it's bleak. But hey, it's from Iceland:


The bleak theme continue with this one from a split ep by Flaamingos and The KVB (on Felte Records). Some great music coming out of LA these days (and it's been too long)!


OK, I'm off to work... @djtalbot

Summer Fiction (the band)

 Wow, this is really good. Reminds me of The Razorcuts and other c86-era jangle tracks. I stumbled upon this via the My Favorite Facebook page.

Variety of Recommendations

I'm enjoying the new one from Summer Camp. It's interesting in that you can listen to the opener "Bad Love" and then track three "Sleepwalking" and you may think it's a completely different band.

This one is for fans of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart:


"Love" is a perfect Summer-song from World Tour (on Sweden's Emotion label).


I am still a dedicated follower of Saint Etienne and continue to have a huge crush on vocalist Sarah Cracknell. You can hear the whole album (in the U.S.) over at NPR.