Syn­th­pop, dark­wave band Mag­net­ic Skies have been work­ing on a new sin­gle for spring. A Place on Earth is released on Fri­day 4th April and there are two upcom­ing shows. The sin­gle fea­tures Mag­net­ic Skies’ sig­na­ture vin­tage synth sound over­laid with vocal­ist Simon Ken­t’s dra­mat­ic and doomy vocals. There’s also a strik­ing mono­chro­mat­ic video – below.

Mag­net­ic Skies are known for their atmos­pher­ic 80s synth-dri­ven post-punk and this new track fol­lows the same path. Says front man Simon Kent: ‘We want­ed to cre­ate some­thing sharp, urgent, and full of ener­gy – tak­ing inspi­ra­tion from Bowie’s “Fash­ion” but mak­ing it our own. It’s a song about find­ing your place in a chaot­ic world.’

The band’s debut album Empire Falling, released in 2023, a fusion of dark­wave and syn­th­pop, is loaded with anthemic, emo­tion­al numbers.

Ini­tial­ly set­ting out as a duo in 2019, Mag­net­ic Skies was born as a stu­dio-based project cre­at­ed by lead vocal­ist and keys play­er Simon Kent and Jo Womar also on keys, dri­ven by a shared love of 80s synth-dri­ven post-punk. They use puls­ing, vin­tage ana­logue synths and pump­ing bass to cre­ate a sig­na­ture sound of evoca­tive elec­tron­i­ca mixed with dark­wave. In 2021 the band evolved into a 4‑piece, with the recruit­ment of gui­tarist Car­los Aguilar and drum­mer Lenin Alegria.

Mag­net­ic Skies upcom­ing shows
Sat­ur­day 12th April – Elec­tron­ic Cafe Live @ 229 Lon­don – tick­ets
Sun­day 25th May – CHALK, Brighton (open­ing for Heav­en 17) – tick­ets

A Place on Earth by Mag­net­ic Skies out 4th April
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