FacexHugger – NewRetroWave – Stay Retro! | Live The 80's Dream! https://newretrowave.com Stay Retro Wed, 08 Apr 2020 22:29:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.7 https://newretrowave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/cropped-10906530_846941002018082_8508920941385779369_n-1-32x32.jpg FacexHugger – NewRetroWave – Stay Retro! | Live The 80's Dream! https://newretrowave.com 32 32 FacexHugger – A L I E N A T E https://newretrowave.com/2020/04/08/facexhugger-a-l-i-e-n-a-t-e/ https://newretrowave.com/2020/04/08/facexhugger-a-l-i-e-n-a-t-e/#respond Wed, 08 Apr 2020 22:29:44 +0000 https://newretrowave.com/?p=29635 Although it was released back in February of this year – what feels like a lifetime ago now –  it would be indefensible to ignore FacexHugger’s latest brilliant album, “A L I E N A T E.”

This album continues FacexHugger’s tradition of intense sci-fi based cinematic darksynth with a range of new synth sounds and a much more multifaceted feel, ramping up the scale on production and length to make “A L I E N A T E” perhaps his best work yet.

However, the true genius of “A L I E N A T E” lies within it’s context. The description on bandcamp says it all:
” This album is dedicated to my estranged daughter Haven.
These songs were made in a state of sorrow and hopelessness but the end result has been very cathartic. Parental alienation is a very real thing and it is currently what I’ve been going through. This music has helped me find the strength to fight back against it and not let myself succumb to what has been a very difficult situation.”

Truly, FacexHugger has taken raw emotion and, in a smelter of pain and creativity, reduced it down to a brilliant sonic essence. The hopelessness and despair on this album bleeds through true like a hand being placed upon a radio antennae to clear the signal. It feels personal because it is personal – and that is the very best we can ask of any artist.

Listen Here Now. 

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The Colorado based duo’s senior album, entitled “Dusk Incarnate” is slated to be a momentous and brutal release. Not only have they refined their signature darksynth metal sound to a razor’s edge – but they’ve also featured some huge figures in the darksynth circuit, like Occam’s Laser, FacexHugger, The Encounter, Dredd, Nova and the Ghost, Wickline, and even Megan McDuffee!

Only four of the twelve tracks are currently available for listening, but if these are any preview of the rest of the album, Elay Arsons’s “Dusk Incarnate” is sure to be a varied white-hot blinding synthmetal experience.

Check it out here now!

]]> https://newretrowave.com/2020/02/06/elay-arson-dusk-incarnate/feed/ 0 Top 10 Retrowave Collaborations of 2019 https://newretrowave.com/2019/12/30/top-10-retrowave-collaborations-of-2019/ https://newretrowave.com/2019/12/30/top-10-retrowave-collaborations-of-2019/#respond Mon, 30 Dec 2019 21:33:45 +0000 https://newretrowave.com/?p=28707 List from Steve Wilcoxson:

Top 10 Retrowave Collaborations of 2019

10. DJ Ten & Lost Nights – Creation

9. Wayfloe – Spirit Bomb (feat. Violette Wautier)

8. FacexHugger – Power Unleashed (feat. Street Cleaner)

7. Futurecop! – We Belong (feat. Parallels)

6. Jay Diggs – Ready (feat. JJ Mist)

5. YORU 夜 & Turbo Knight – King And Queen (feat. Polemic Heart & Starquake Synthmaster)

4. Michael Oakley – Now I’m Alive (Feat. Dana Jean Phoenix)

3. NICOLAAS – No Stranger Thing (feat. Lucy Mason)

2. To Live & Die In LA – Remember (Feat. Dana Jean Phoenix)

1. Brandon – She’s on Fire (feat. SJBRAVO)

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