Adelaide three-piece THANES are mostly concerned with kosmische soundscapes put to motorik- machine rhythms using a combination of bass VI riffs that’d give Peter Hook night-sweats, drifting female vocals that range from the ethereal to the guttural, and a bank – nay – a wall of synthesisers, vocoders and esoteric tech miscellanea.
Their debut single ‘Strange Harmony’ couldn’t sum up this attitude more perfectly. Whilst the stomping vocoder hook of “interior, exterior” weaves its way into your brain like the earworm from Wrath of Khan, Italo-disco drums smash, New Order basslines assault the mid-range and Elysian vocals drift above and across.
Hard-edged synthwave from beyond? With STRANGE HARMONY it’s an interstellar pinball competition inside a decommissioned space station.
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Pale Spring’s first two albums come to vinyl at last, full of moody, low-lit, trip-hop inspired songs with tender, haunting vocal melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 16, 2021
Truly oddball pop from Sharif Ali combines smooth synths, groovy electric piano, and Karoke-style crooning into a strangely catchy whole. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 5, 2020
Isocaos, from Lima, Peru, contrasts broken IDM geometry with ambient-inflected punk for a maddening, mesmerizing listening experience. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 23, 2020
Purportedly the recordings of a disgraced experimental psychologist (you decide), “Jumand” sets spoken word to eerie synths. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 2, 2023