„Stealing Stars“ by Bellatrix Banshee is a track that pours the dark club aesthetic of the darkwave scene into a pop-friendly but undiluted format: sharp, frosty synth arpeggios lay the foundation, over which floats an ethereal female voice, vulnerable yet resolute, almost like a ritual chant in slow motion. The production breathes space — ambient…
Schlagwort: Dark Pop
“We’re Not Suburban” – Velatine
With “We’re Not Suburban”, Melbourne‑based Velatine takes a confident step toward a darker pop aesthetic, and under the direction of producer Loki Lockwood a soundscape unfolds that oscillates between darkwave, gothic, post‑punk and industrial while, surprisingly, feeling fresh; Lockwood’s production, marked by precision and technical detail, is nonetheless threaded with an ease and fluidity in…
‘Today Is For Forgetting’ – A.S. Fanning
With ‘Today Is For Forgetting,’ A.S. Fanning opens a window into a dim, expansive inner life: the second single from the upcoming album Take Me Back To Nowhere balances between inner dissolution and cosmic clarity. The track starts off almost buoyantly, a deceptive lightness that quickly turns into a flood of words; Fanning’s deep baritone…
‘Never Be Me’ – X-ENA
‘Never Be Me’ unfolds as a dark pop anthem that creates a twilight atmosphere with gloomy synth textures and magnificent beats. X-ENA is torn between longing and self-doubt as she reflects in gentle yet intense tones on where desire turns into projection and the illusion never becomes tangible.The song’s basically about fighting for authenticity: you…
‘Your Heart, Your Ache’ – Sirenglas
With their new single ‘Your Heart, Your Ache,’ Sirenglas deliver a dark, synth-driven pop track that winds its way through the night like a bittersweet intoxication. It’s not a song for bright days – but for those hours when longing and pain meet on the dance floor and merge into one another.Sonically, the track is…
“Open Poison” by Carlos Ucedda
With “Open Poison,” Carlos Ucedda creates a beguilingly dark soundscape that is sonically located between dark wave, art pop, and dark pop. The composition acts like a black mirror of emotional dependencies and focuses on toxic friendships—relationships in which empathy becomes a currency that the other greedily devours. The song tells of so-called “sensitive people”…
