Seona Dancing’s surprisingly excellent ‘Bitter Heart’ from 1983. Yes, That is Ricky Gervais singing.
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Neon Indian’ Polish Girl’ video
Quirky subject matter and dreamlike cinematography? Must be a Chillwave video! It is! It’s for Neon Indian’s sublime ‘Polish girl’.
In all seriousness it’s a nice video and flow with the track well.
Neon Indian’s ‘Era Extraña’ is out 13th September.
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Candy Apple Blue’s new single
Here’s the new single from Candy Apple Blue, continuing their mission to bring their DIY retro Pop to the masses.
Harkening back to classic male/female vocal call-and-response track of the 80’s, ‘Caught Up In To’ is nostalgic 80’s soundtrack pop reinvented for the BedroomPop era. The synth arrangement is particularly pleasing, intertwining analog melodies to keep every synthesizer fan happy. Candy Apple Blue unashamedly wear their influences on their sleeve, and while many exaggerate their 80’s roots or pepper them over contemporary tracks, Candy Apple Blue make authentic sounding 80’s hits. Every song from them could be an undiscovered one-hit-wonder from ‘85.
♫ Candy Apple Blue – Caught Up In You (Video Mix)
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Goin’ Old School: Soft Cell – Torch
Here’s Soft Cell doing ‘Torch’ on TOTP in 1982. There really wasn’t anyone or hasn’t been anyone since who sounded like them.
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Goin’ Old School: Propaganda – Duel
Here’s Claudia Brücken and the Propaganda crew from 1985 with ‘Duel’. 80’s German SynthPop at it’s best.
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More new music from Neon Indian
Here’s the new track from Neon Indian from his forthcoming album, ‘Era Extraña’.
‘Polish Girl’ is a lush, dreamy summer nights SynthPop track. With the simplest of lead lines Neon Indian buries the melody in your consciousness, becoming a rock for the multi-layered synths and bouncy bass to work their magic. With one foot in Chillwave and the other in the 80’s, ‘Polish Girl’’s laid back nostalgia takes you away to better times.
Neon Indian’s ‘Era Extraña’ is out 13th September.
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New track from Casiokids
Casiokids, those Norwegian Analog SynthPop kooks have announced the release of their sophomore record, titled ‘Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen’ (in English ‘The Revelation Over The Mountain’) later this year.
‘Det Haster!’ will be the lead single from the 10 track LP, and give us a taste of what to expect. Casiokids merging of their experimental side and their fun, Pop, side shines through in ‘Det Haster!’ as the live drumming and the obvious joy the band take in wigging out on analog synths is focused into a cute little melody and bouncy groove.
‘Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen’ will be released 11th October on Polyvinyl.
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Goin’ Old School: Japan – Quiet Life
In 1979 Japan may well have been the fist act to popularise the burbling arpeggio intro! This is ‘Quiet Life’ as performed on TOTP.
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Goin’ Old School: Spandau Ballet – To Cut A Long Story Short
It’s 1980 and Spandau Ballet start the decade as the mean to go on with ‘To Cut A Long Story Short’. However, they quickly decided to tap the potential of the ‘last dance at school disco’ market.
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iamamiwhoami’s ‘Clump’ video
Jonna Lee’s iamamiwhoami return this week with a brand new video for the track ‘Clump’.
Following on from the ‘John’ video, it’s pretty intense, and slightly creepy, stuff. The track itself is top quality Scandinavian SynthPop and one of the poppier iamamiwhoami tunes.
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