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SWAGBOT – Butterflies & Barbiturates

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Why has it been the best summer for synthwave album releases? Seriously. Butterflies & Barbiturates by SWAGBOT makes my job as a reviewer so easy. The album is, first and foremost, strange. The songs are all varied wonderfully while still maintaining a consistent sound, but that sound challenges genre classification.  “demons in the dressing room” has new wave all over it, “natural high” contains many elements from chiptune music, “laying in the rain” has such an odd and forceful beat, and “perspective” feels similar to Crystal Castles. In fact, that is probably the closest anchor I can even compare Butterflies & Barbiturates too. Think Crystal Castles meets synthwave.

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A Space Love Adventure – Synth Punk EP

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A Space Love Adventure has released an EP, and it’s everything his fans and supporters have been waiting for. Since 2011, ASLA has been producing synthwave music and honing his skills. You may have heard him on the Outrun Europa comp, as well as a few other places, but ASLA has finally given us his first full EP, a true-to-form set of tracks that is very 80’s, very cool, and very easy to enjoy. 

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Timecop1983 – Reflections

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There are few releases I can remember looking forward to as much as Timecop1983’s latest offering Reflections. In fact, the last time I remember even counting down to an album’s release date was October of 2007, when Say Anything released a fantastic punk album and Coheed & Cambria released an okay metal album.

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Waveshaper – Exploration 84

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‘Exploration 84’ is predominately instrumental and it projects an exceptionally smooth and lucid gleam that I really enjoyed. A great deal of Waveshaper’s music often sounds like it’s been scored to a movie and the music has the ability to inspire images in your mind. 

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Irving Force – The Violence Suppressor EP

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I spoke to some dude on twitter a little while ago who described Irving Force as being, “Too extreme and Black Metal” for his tastes. I found this comment insanely confusing as I wasn’t aware that Adam Skog (Aka Irving Force) was off burning down churches or devouring the souls of children. I mean, has this guy even heard Irving Force?

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Mental Health Awareness Week Playlist

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It was mental health awareness week  in the UK last week and it is time to spread the word and rally together some supreme talent to help get the word out. So from Friday the 15 to the 29th, the plan is to raise awareness for MentalHealthAwareness 2015 by getting as many producers as possible to donate a track. 

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