“Youth” was not an attempt at synthwave or retrowave, terms which weren’t used much back in 2010. Summer Camp instead took aim at the then-hot genres of  indie and electropop, and added a dash of nostalgia for good measure. Their inaugural single “Round the Moon,” somewhat missed it’s genre mark in the best of ways, creating instead an early example of proto-synthwave and retrowave.

“Round the Moon” is particularly interesting, as you can hear many hallmarks of now-familiar genres, yet it seems they were created from an entirely different angle than the neon outrun style that had yet to become. Not only that – the song is utterly fantastic! Smash that play button and travel back to 2010.

The Neue Deutsche Welle, or “New German Wave” evolved from post punk and new wave to take the German underground by storm in the late 70s until the early 80s. Around 84′ the genre began to die out – with critics calling it stale and manufactured. Although the NDW’s stay as a genre was relatively short lived, it’s influences are still being felt today.