Electro Previews

2018 synth-pop

by OndaRock Staff

There was a time, many, many years ago, when writing rhymes and rhythms over a synthesized backing track was the norm. Then came the oversaturation and the subsequent backlash.

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Electro Previews – 2018 synth-pop (with Lucia Manca)

But then the synth came back, and the ideologies that had mortified their efforts disappeared, and today almost no one bothers to scoff in disgust at former electro pop. Everything now seems natural, in the logic of things.

Ma Marco and Davide, almost always bucking the trend, refuse to fall in line with the maintenance of this status quo and every so often they churn out genre rankings and analyses, nostalgic for the old battles of days gone by. No mix, so, synth-pop, electro songs, from all over the world, even from Italy. Dust off your calculator.

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22/09/2025

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This article is an English translation of the original Italian text by OndaRock Staff, published on OndaRock.it. It was translated with the help of artificial intelligence, under the editorial responsibility of OndaRock's editor-in-chief, Claudio Fabretti.

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Discography

Show tracklist

Part one
1. Artificial Pleasure - Wound Up Tight - The Bitter End (2018)
2. Hoobastank - More Beautiful - Push Pull (2018)
3. The Slow Readers Club - Through the Shadows - Build a Tower (2018)
4. Simian Mobile Disco - Hey Sister (feat. Deep Throat Choir) – Murmurations (2018)
5. Confidence Man - Don't You Know I'm In a Band - Confident Music for Confident People (2018)

On This Day
6. A – Ha - Train Of Thought - Hunting High And Low (June 1, 1985)
7. Talking Heads – Lady Don’t Mind – Little Creatures (June 10, 1985)

Part two
8. Eleanor Friedberger - The Letter – Rebound (2018)
9. Beach House – Black Car – 7 (2018)
10.City Calm Down – Echoes in Blue – Echoes in Blue (2018)
11.Chad Valley - Hold Somebody - Imaginary Music (2018)
12.TT – Mykki – LoveLaws

Italian Space
13. Lucia Manca – Eroi – Maledetto e Benedetto (2018)

News
14. Snakefinger - I Love You Too Much to Respect You - Manual of Errors (1982)

Part three
15. CHVRCHES – Graffiti - Love Is Dead (2018)
16. Dear Rouge – Motion – Phases (2018)
17. Datarock – Everything – Face The Brutality (2018)
18. Twin Shadows – Saturdays - Caer (2018)

Bonus tracks
Shy Layers – Gateway - Midnight Marker (2018)
John Maus – Episode – Addendum (2018)
Young Galaxy - Seeing Eye Dog - Down Time (2018)