Retro Synthpop Playlist

Linear Movement - To Another Soul (Mikkseria Petit Edit)

"House of Cards" is the stunning debut solo single from @IsaacHowlett, best known as the singer and songwriter behind the internationally renowned British synth-pop band, @EmpathyTest. 

While not a million miles from the dark, emotional, and cinematic tones we've grown to expect from Empathy Test over the years, "House of Cards" finds Isaac's poignant and arresting vocals bolstered by the energy of a punchy uptempo beat and angular synth-bass groove.

With lyrics confronting the brutal reality but eventual relief of escaping a toxic relationship, the first taste of Isaac Howlett's solo material will have you dancing with tears in your eyes.

"House of Cards" releases everywhere digitally on 28th February 2024. Preorder begins 14th February.

Links to all platforms:

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/isaachowlett/house-of-cards

House of Cards

Buy / Stream

House Of Cards

no way out

GLORIA

Gloria

Picture Perfect

Glass Spells cover of Natalia Lafourcade - Nunca Es Suficiente

Nunca Es Suficiente

Eternal Glory

Shame

Vapor Trails

Switch to Love

Worlds Collide

Written and performed by Marci Elizabeth and Jimmy Deer
Produced by Jimmy Deer

Asteroids

Buy/Stream

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“Undone” explores the mystery of where “I” ends and “you” begin.

UNDONE
©2025 Brian Hazard (ASCAP)

Where do I end, where do you start?
Our lifeblood flows into one heart
Like shadows merge beneath the moon
In silent grace, we are attuned
Are these thoughts yours or are they mine?
Our raw perceptions intertwine

The world a humble prediction
Based on the weight of conviction
Which way is up, which way is down
When there’s no center to be found
Vision and sound blend into one
We are alive, we are undone

When I close my eyes
There’s no edge

Constructs collapse all around me
How could I stand at the boundary
When every sign of what I am
Is all right here, contained within
Where thoughts like whispers take their flight
To fade into the vacant night

When I close my eyes
There’s no edge

COLOR THEORY
@colortheory
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Undone

Mess in my Head

Listen/download ➤ https://ffm.colortheory.com/thisbrightcircumstance

“The Rehearsal” is about compulsively practicing conversations in your head—what you’ll say, how you’ll say it, and replaying it until it all feels just right, even if you end up never saying a word.

THE REHEARSAL
©2025 Brian Hazard (ASCAP)

I deal in daydreams
I traffic in text
Endless predictions of
What you’ll say next

I pick my battles
And I take my licks
At the rehearsal
I rewrite the script

There’s something I have to get off my chest
But I don’t know how to say it best

Tape decks chew on old cassettes
Restless pacing wears the floorboards
Grasp at smoke and call it home
Shape my thoughts like molten chrome

Stories aching to be told
Every silence must be broken
But I bottled the eclipse
From my umbra to your lips

It’s a compulsion
A cognitive trap
At the rehearsal
I polish my act

I’m the sole architect of each pause
I preach my gospel to empty halls

Why not let the words find their own flow?
I can make it all up as I go

Improvisation
Is the skillful way
Trust when the time comes
I’ll know what to say

Let go of scenes
That may never exist
Live in the moment
And welcome the risk

COLOR THEORY
@colortheory
Bandcamp - http://colortheory.bandcamp.com
Spotify - http://spoti.fi/1UbfAWa
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Twitter - www.twitter.com/colortheory
Facebook - www.facebook.com/colortheory
YouTube - www.youtube.com/colortheory
Instagram - www.instagram.com/colortheory
Official - www.colortheory.com

Want five of my best songs for free?
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The Rehearsal

Waveshaper & Oscillian - Aurora Machina

The Out Runner & Jessy Mach album is hosted on the Retrosynth Records page right here.
out-runner.bandcamp.com/album/the-theory
Enjoy the journey and dive deep into this mysterious musical fable that might just challenge the scientific roots of humanity itself…
Happy listening and safe travels!
credits
released June 20, 2025
All tracks are composed and produced by Out Runner & Jessy Mach.
All tracks mixed and mastered by Out Runner.
All guitars and keyboards by Out Runner & Jessy Mach.

Origins

Perfect Girl, Wrong World

Hand Out the Drugs / Changing

Changing

Retro Synthpop Playlist

Karsten Witthuhn