“Synth-pop” Reviews
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We Are the Music Makers by Joy Electric (Review)
At the risk of sounding cheesy, Joy Electric’s music brings back a sort of wistfulness for more innocent, carefree days.Melody by Joy Electric (Review)
I would strongly recommend it to anyone who likes techno-dance-computer-music-video-game soundtrack-sounding music.The White Songbook by Joy Electric (Review)
The best way to sum up The White Songbook is as a consummation.If We Meet in the Future by Saloon (Review)
If this does turn out to be the band’s last release, then it is a good note to go out on.Halloween, Alaska by Halloween, Alaska (Review)
Every time I put on the album, I find myself coming under its spell just as surely as when I first listened to it.The Incomplete Triangle by Lansing-Dreiden (Review)
One of the most original and compelling albums, all artistic obscurity and nonsensical double-speak aside, that I’ve heard in a long time.Heart by Stars (Review)
Even the most starry-eyed of songs are coated with a thin layer of wistfulness and nostalgia.Give Up by The Postal Service (Review)
This is an electro-pop record that doesn’t properly belong to any movement or time period.Smash the System (Singles and More) by Saint Etienne (Review)
A two-disc compilation that serves as an excellent introduction to Saint Etienne’s pristine, immaculate dance pop.Broken Spindles by Broken Spindles (Review)
The debut full-length from The Faint’s bassist is full of interesting ideas. Perhaps too many, even.A Cult of One by My Favorite (Review)
The genius here is that, rather than making these songs into goth ballads or melodramatic affairs, they keep them short, sweet, and best of all, catchy.Gentlemen of Leisure by Gentlemen Of Leisure (Review)
This feels like a schizophrenic band desperately in need of a psychiatrist to help cure their many personalities.Enjoy Your Rabbit by Sufjan Stevens (Review)
Sufjan Stevens displays a real knack for taking his arsenal of abstract sounds and letting them go wild without damaging his music’s integrity.We Are Eyes, We Are Builders by Soviet (Review)
My first impression of Soviet’s sound was a mixture of Depeche Mode and Devo.Danse Macabre by The Faint (Review)
They’re a rock band intent on ripping the entrails out of their Korgs, producing the skronkiest, bleepiest sounds they can — and getting booties to shake and bodies to move across the land.When the World Sings by Fine China (Review)
The songs fall in the verse-chorus-verse pattern in its purest and catchiest form.Jesus by Dance House Children (Review)
Dance House Children sounds exactly like what you’d expect a pre-Joy Electric project to sound like.Goodnight Star by Goodnight Star (Review)
I sense that Goodnight Star tried a bit too hard to create an album with a predetermined sound.