Category: Dark Wave

Boy Harsher Share New Single “Tough Luck (When You Don’t Call)”

Photo: Jaxon Whittington

As we get closer to the release of the long-awaited new “Boy Harsher” album GET MEAN, the beloved Darkwave duo have shared another taster of the new album titled “Tough Luck (When You Don’t Call).” About the track, vocalist Jae Matthews says “I wrote the “Wanna say / I’m okay” practically in tears on a plywood floor in the middle of West Texas last January. My bittersweet mantra.” You can watch the music video for “Tough Luck (When You Don’t Call),” as well as pre-order Get Mean below:

Get Mean Pre-order: https://boyharsher.bandcamp.com/album/get-mean

Boy Harsher Announce New Album “Get Mean,” Share New Single “Hard Beat”

Following their recent 80s Pop Rock-tinged banger “Jeans,” Darkwave duo “Boy Harsher” have officially announced the release of their new album Get Mean. The album will drop September 18th, and follows The Runner, which was the soundtrack for their short film of the same name back in 2022. The duo have also released another new track off the album titled “Hard Beat.” About the album, the band have stated “Get Mean is a meditation on love, loss, and survival.” The duo confronts “grief and heartbreak head-on, tracing the difficult process of moving through loss and discovering a path toward renewal. At its core, Get Mean is a redemption album – a document of one of life’s most painful chapters and the strength found on the other side of it.”

Pre-order: https://boyharsher.bandcamp.com/album/get-mean

Xeno & Oaklander Share New Single “Poison”

Reveling in the retro nostalgia of Italo-disco, Synth-pop/Cold Wave duo “Xeno & Oaklander’s new single “Poison” is a celebration of a sub-genre of Electronic music that isn’t exactly fresh and new, but my God isn’t it nice to revisit what once was an emerging music scene, and to be reminded of the impact short-lived and obscure music can have on a genre so ever-changing and vast such as EDM. “Poison” is undeniably catchy, and the music video which was co-directed by visual artist Scott Kiernan evokes the spirit of Giallo Horror with Suspiria-influenced visuals that compliment the nature of the music quite well. The track will appear on the duo’s upcoming album Vi/deo, which is scheduled to be released on October 22nd via “Dais Records.” You can watch the music video for “Poison” below:

The Reality TV Shares New Single “Beats”

Musician Benjamin Mace-Crossley has released his new single “Beats” under his “The Reality TV” project, and it’s appropriately titled because this track has a danceable drum machine beat that will get you moving immediately. Topped with goth-tinged guitars and synthesizers that evoke the spirit of 80’s “Dark Wave” or “EBM,” this song is a gloomier and doomier dance tune that brings poppy fun to the aforementioned genres without straying into despair. You can listen to “Beats” below: