French darkwave outfit Candélabre channel New Romantic pop, dousing big melodies with a healthy amount of foggy, swirling atmosphere. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 27, 2021
Searing, driving post-punk with shoegaze's enormous wall of sound and garage-punk's catchy hooks from A Very Special Episode. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 4, 2023
California’s Fawns of Love write heavenly pop songs surrounded by cloudlike layers of synth and tied up in silvery guitar lines. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 2, 2019
Castlebeat’s “VHS” offsets bright, jangly songs with smoky, lo-fi production, giving their pie-eyed melodies a sense of mystery. Bandcamp New & Notable May 7, 2018
This New Zealand group have a sweet glaze and an underlying toothiness that would have fit right in on mid-’90s alt-rock radio. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 1, 2019
“Strangers” is packed with wonderfully menacing electro-goth—late-night horror movie music for vampire dance parties. Bandcamp New & Notable May 8, 2023