Our featured single this week is “Gemma“, by US East Coast-based post punk/synthpop /darkwave/indie dance band Pleasure Victim.
The track is out now and follows on from their remastered single collection ‘Hot Singles (’20-23)‘ releasedin May 2024. Grab it here.
Taking their name from the 1982 album by Berlin, this dark synth and guitar-laden electropop project, influenced by Joy division and New Order, is fronted by Taylor, a DJ and musician who was active in the Pacific Northwest darkwave and experimental synth scenes before the pandemic. An obsession with 80s synth-pop and goth led to this DIY solo venture.
Take a listen now.
Photo taken from the band’s Bandcamp page
Pleasure Victim “Gemma”
