Lebanon Hanover - Asylum Lullabies

Nearly five years after the release of ‘Sci-Fi Sky’, Lebanon Hanover has produced your favorite soundtrack for a visit in a psychiatry clinic: ‘Asylum Lullabies’. This is the evolution of an even colder, more caustic sound by a band that has dominated the Post Punk landscape for over a decade.

‘Asylum Lullabies’ is a very heavy album about dealing with mental health struggles, a breakup and ongoing wars and the current horror in the world ultimately leaving one consumed with dread, fear and a constant feeling of being crushed.

Everything falls apart at the same time.

LP / Digital Album

Posted on July 23rd, 2025 under Releases, ,

Cawatana - Beyond The Glory

The long awaited new album from Cawatana is finally released. Almost exactly 4 years after the previous album, Victory Of Regret, which contained 8 reworked songs from the band’s history, here are another 8 reworked tracks on the new album Beyond The Glory.

This year there is the 25th anniversary of the first Cawatana EP, the 15th anniversary of the “returning” mini album Advocation For Privileges, the 10th anniversary of the EP/mini album Decline Of Privileges, and 5th anniversary of the first concert with the new setup. The new album is dedicated to all these events; it includes songs from all the three mentioned releases in new versions, with the same setup/equipment that was used on the concert. Musically it goes in the same direction as the previous album: analog minimal electronics with darkwave/coldwave/minimal wave influences, this time without acoustic guitars, just analog synths and drum machines (and vocals with vocoder).

Cassette / CD / Digital Album

Posted on July 21st, 2025 under Releases, ,

Soft Vein - From Another Room

SOFT VEIN releases FROM ANOTHER ROOM (EP), a six-track collection serving as an epilogue to the THROUGH BLINDS album cycle. The EP features two distinct perspectives on the band’s music.

The first half presents three remixes. Twin Tribes offers their ethereal darkwave sensibility, while Qual contributes stark industrial energy with additional, blazing vocals. Chaos International rounds out this section with a more experimental synthpop approach to SOFT VEIN’s sound.

The latter half of the EP sees SOFT VEIN interpreting three notable tracks from the new wave and synth-pop eras. They lend their melancholic style to songs by Eurythmics, The Human League, and The Blue Nile, offering fresh perspectives on these familiar tracks. FROM ANOTHER ROOM (EP) expands on SOFT VEIN’s artistic scope, providing both compelling reinterpretations and sincere homages.

Digital Album

Posted on July 19th, 2025 under Releases, ,

Doric - Feed The Machine

Doric is the solo, side-project of Stathis Leontiadis, mostly known as the one half of the Human Puppets, as well as the Exetix, Plexiglas and Data Fragments.

Being involved in various avant garde/new wave music projects since 1996, intrigued by the all analogue mentality of the late 70’s-early 80’s music field, he passionately committed to vintage synths and machines, creating a very distinctive and specific style and considered by many as “specialist”. His live performances are all analogue by choice and are interestingly captivating as the sound is being built on stage, just like the old days. [Discogs]

LP / Digital Album

Posted on July 17th, 2025 under Releases, ,

Grosstadtmelodie - Den Ausgang hören

2nd and last album from this minimal synth duo from Germany.

Digital Album

Posted on July 15th, 2025 under Releases, ,