After Dark 2 Out Now
For months now, the great gauzy-synthpop label Italians Do It Better has been promising a new label compilation called After Dark 2, the sequel to 2007’s After Dark. This is the rare case where a label compilation is a thing worth anticipating, since, acts on Italians Do It Better tend to share not just an aesthetic (slowly unfolding streaked-windshield nighttime Italo-disco) but an actual production visionary, Johnny Jewel. And today, the compilation — which features new music from Chromatics, Glass Candy, Mirage, Symmetry, Desire, and others — is out; you can cop it at iTunes. Check the tracklist below.
01 Glass Candy – “Warm In The Winter”
02 Mirage – “Let’s Kiss”
03 Desire – “The Nightshift”
04 Appaloosa – “Fill The Blanks”
05 Glass Candy – “Pain Relief Is Fun”
06 Chromatics – “House Of Models”
07 Symmetry – “Heart Of Darkness”
08 Twisted Wires – “Half Lives”
09 Glass Candy – “The Possessed”
10 Desire – “Tears From Heaven”
11 Chromatics – “Johanna”
12 Farah – “Into Eternity”
13 Mirage – “Lucifer”
14 Glass Candy – “Soft Celebration”
15 Chromatics – “Looking For Love”
16 Glass Candy – “The Price”