By Jenna Dreisenstock
A lost-wanderer within the Synthwave world; the neon bright aesthetic, retro-nostalgia at every turn and a rabbit hole of synthesiser effects one wouldn’t believe are even possible. Synthwave is a genre that often flies under the radar despite it’s compelling and creative nature; an underbelly of pixel art and retro graphics with science-fiction splendour, synthwave releases can be ever so elusive if one doesn’t know where to look.
So, with that being said – we’ve decided to put together a list of top 15 of our favourite album releases from this year to fulfil all your Synthwave needs!
Here is a list of just a few of shimmering vivid synthwave releases from 2018:
IRVING FORCE – ‘SIGMATA FM‘
September 30th | Self Release
Dinosaur On Fire – ‘Populous Romantique‘
October 12th | Ghost Diamond
Lucy In Disguise – ‘Unknown Frequency‘
March 2nd | Innerworks Records
Neon Unicorn – ‘Pleasure Gate‘
June 22nd | Retro Spectrum Collective
Timecop1983 – ‘Night Drive = ナイトドライブ‘
May 4th | Self Release
GUNSHIP – ‘Dark All Day‘
October 5th | Horsie In The Hedge
DANCE WITH THE DEAD – ‘Loved to Death‘
August 14th | Self Release
7DD9 – ‘@ the beach‘ (EP)
July 12th | DDM
2DCAT – ‘Carnivàle‘
October 15th | Self Release
Vampire Step-Dad – ‘Songs To Haunt A House To‘
October 1st | Self Release
Let Em Riot – ‘The Futurist‘
February 9th | NewRetroWave Records
boycalledcrow | ‘HYPERLIGHT‘
September 7th | Hairs aBlazin’
Gudang – ‘Nostalgi Gaius‘
April 13th | Windows96
The Midnight – ‘Kids‘
September 21st | Self Release
bl00dwave – ‘EGO‘
January 25th | Bedlam Tapes
What have been your favourite synthwave releases of 2018 so far?
Let us know as usual!
