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Twin Tribes is a dark synth / post-punk duo based in Brownsville, Texas. Formed by Luis Navarro (vocals, guitar, synth, drum machines) and Joel Niño, Jr. (bass, synth, vocals) in 2017, the band gathers their influences from the period of the dark ‘80s. Darkwave, post-punk, and coldwave are genres that the band summon using analog synthesizers and drum machines; dark melodic sounds, lyrics of the undead, the occult, and parallel universes are what conjure Twin Tribes.

Continuing the band lineup for Convergence 26…

Formed in 2012, The Bellwether Syndicate is fronted by veteran artist William Faith (vocals/guitars), and Sarah Rose Faith (vocals/guitars). While the studio recordings are made by William and Sarah alone, the live lineup includes Paul Sin (bass), Philly Peroxide (keyboards/percussion) and Stevyn Grey (drums). The band have always sought to color outside of prescribed genre lines, endeavoring to push past the boundaries of style into something substantial and vital.

The Bellwether Syndicate present a powerful and commanding live performance, where the sound and substance of the recorded work truly comes to life—where the art is made whole by the audience.

https://www.youtube.com/BellwetherSyndicate
https://www.instagram.com/thebellwethersyndicate/
https://thebellwethersyndicate.bandcamp.com/

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Hailing from Louisville, Kentucky, SCARY BLACK is the solo project of multi-instrumentalist / singer / songwriter Albie Mason. Everything is written, recorded, mixed and mastered in his bedroom studio with knowledge he gained from watching hours upon hours of online videos, and years of trial and error. With the guitar as his primary instrument, he shreds away alongside chugging bass synths. Haunting vocals place themselves in the mix like a ghost trapped between worlds with no hope of escape.

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The Rope formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2009, and released their eponymous debut EP in 2011. After a series of line-up changes, in 2015 they released their second EP, Waters Rising, and soon began work on their first full-length album, Lillian, which released in the spring of 2019. Influences on their dark post-punk sound include Killing Joke, Bauhaus, Chameleons, and The Sisters of Mercy.

https://www.instagram.com/the_rope_official/
http://therope1.bandcamp.com

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Founded in Louisville, KY by Alyc Diaz as a solo project in 2014, Vyva Melinkolya is trans-fronted, aggressively ethereal music—slow, moody shoegaze and dream pop with swirling melodies and drum machines. Vyva’s live lineup currently consists of Alyc (vocals/guitars) and Andrew Garrett (guitar).

https://vyva-melinkolyaky.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/ts_shoegaze_gf/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCkUW_LyCsght4vaxUSv0lg

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2019 was indeed a banner year for goth-pop duo WINGTIPS, who released their debut record, Exposure Therapy, on Toronto-based Artoffact Records. The duo comprises Chicago-goth mainstays Vincent and Hannah, producing unforgettable music that has already captured the attention of media and festival taste-makers alike.

The new record, which finds its guitar work inherently in the vein of Disintegration-era Cure, while injecting electronic elements you might hear at home on records by OMD, is an androgynous sound of transition. Interpolating darkly shimmering layers of angular guitar and pulsating darkwave, WINGTIPS sharpens their anthemic rush with an increasing penchant for melody and an atmosphere equally informed by post-punk as sweeping electronica. Exposure Therapy is a contextualization of new romantic for post-millennial end times, and a refreshing mix of synthpop and darkwave with hooks so compelling they are cinematic in scope.