Desire

Here's some dreamy new synth pop from Desire's upcoming new album "Games People Play."  We don't have a release date for the record as of yet, but you can listen to "Vampire" below while we wait.  Check it out below and keep an eye here at Italians Do It Better for the album drop.

Curses

Berlin-based producer and darkwave synth artist Curses has signed on to Johnny Jewel's Italians Do It Better label, which i must admit is really the perfect fit.  Dig on the moody and dreamy new tune "Elegant Death" below and be on the lookout for upcoming new album "Another Heaven" sometime later this year.

Daily Jam - Hands in the Dark

Closing out the year with an old track from Chromatics.  Seemingly like a lot Chromatics songs, there are either a dozen different versions or the track appears on a dozen different releases.  Anyway, "Hands in the Dark" is i believe the first track i ever heard from the band back when the "After Dark" compilation came out in the long, long ago that was 2007.  Check the track out below, perfect for your New Year's Eve party tonight, and our Daily Jam.

Desire Featuring Mirage

Desire's new album "Escape," their first in over a decade, is due next month.  Here's a new track from the duo featuring an assist from Mirage.  Watch the video for "Love Is a Crime" below and download the song here from Italians Do It Better.

Omar S & Desire

Here's a little late night club music collab from Omar S and Desire.  "54321" feels like the kind of repetitive pulse that play right before you're about ready to come down.  Check it out below and get it here from Italians Do It Better.

Jorja Chalmers

It's that time of year where i start uncovering a whole bunch of stuff i missed out on earlier.  Like for instance "Midnight Train," the sophomore effort from UK-based Australian saxophonist and keyboardist Jorja Chalmers.  Check out the icy dreaminess and foreboding of the title track below and get the download or the CD here from Italians Do It Better.

MOTHERMARY

Listening to Ruth Radelet sent me over to Italians Do It Better to see what's going on with the Johnny Jewel part of the former Chromatics member universe.  A recent release from that label is the latest single from the sister duo MOTHERMARY.  Check out the video for "Coming for You," full of nuns, blood, and repressed sex stuff and get the single here.

Sally Shapiro

I totally forgot that Swedish pop duo of Johan Agebjorn and Sally Shapiro had rescinded their breakup and are supposed to be back next year with a new album.  And that's it's being mixed by Johnny Jewel and released on Jewel's Italians Do It Better label.  He's probably got the time these days.  Anyway, check out the dreamy, 2011 vibes of "Forget About You" below and look for the upcoming "Sad Cities" LP in February.

Sally Shapiro

Swedish synth pop artist Sally Shapiro called it quits back in 2016...but it appears she was only teasing as she's back with a new single, "Fading Away," this time around being serendipitously released by the like-minded folks over at Italians Do It Better.  Check the track out below (it's great!), and get it here.

Chromatics - Shadow (Maceo Plex Remix)

Head on over here to Italians Do It Better, and for a dollar, you can download an EP of "Shadow" remixes from Chromatics, easily one of my favorite songs, if not just from the band than from the last decade in general.  Check out the club ready remix from Maceo Plex below.

Mothermary - Resurrection

Electro-pop duo Mothermary just released a video for their track "Resurrection" from the excellent compilation album "After Dark 3."  Check out the spooky synth-vibes below and get the album here from Italians Do It Better.  The vinyl is up for pre-order now too!  Hooray!

After Dark 3

Johnny Jewel and Italians Do It Better are back with another compilation album, "After Dark 3."  These are always great and seem to come in 7 year intervals.  Check out the whole thing below (i'm particularly digging Orion's cover of Vivien Vee's "Higher" right now) and download it here for a dollar.  And keep your eyes on the label for a proper vinyl release in the future.

Mothermary

Here's some synthy, neon-tinged dreampop from NYC group Mothermary.  Watch the hazy and sultry video for "Give It Up" below and get the single here from Italians Do It Better.

Desire

Here's another new single from synth pop artist Desire from her upcoming "Escape" LP, out sometime this summer on Italians Do It Better.  Watch the underwater video for "Liquid Dreams" below and get the single here.

Chromatics - Teacher

Could it be?  Could it finally be happening?  Chromatics just shared a new video for now song "Teacher" along with a full tracklisting for the long absent "Dear Tommy" LP.  Maybe it's just around the corner.  Maybe.  Anyway, check it out below and keep an eye over here at Italians Do It Better.

Angel Olsen Remixed by Johnny Jewel

Angel Olsen's "All Mirrors" was one of my favorite songs and albums last year, and now the standout track gets a synthy, dance remix from Johnny Jewel.  It's wonderful, and a great way to start today.  Check it out below and download it here from Jagjaguwar.

Desire - Escape

Here's some new glimmering synth pop from Desire.  Watch the video for the Johnny Jewel produced "Escape" below and get the song here from Italians Do It Better.

Chromatics - Famous Monsters

Here's a new spoken word and dreamy disco track from Chromatics.  The group's output has been overflowing lately, but still no "Dear Tommy."  Anyway, check out the video below and get the single here from Italians Do It Better.

Orion

It's shaping up to be a banner year over at Italians Do It Better.  Here's a new synth pop single from Rhode Island's Orion.  Check out "I Want You So Bad" below and get it here.

Desire - Bizarre Love Triangle

Last May i got to see Chromatics when their tour swung through Austin, and opening act and fellow Italians Do It Better member Desire performed a wonderful cover of New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle."  It's one of my all time favorite songs, so i was pretty stoked yesterday to see that the cover was released for download.  Listen below and get it here.