I loved "Here Comes The Rain Again" except for:

the turnaround at the end of each chorus to get back to the verses. I HATE those last two chords. The song has a great vibe, mostly minor feel, excellent arpeggiated prickly synths going in the left channel, and those two happy misplaced chords, with the strings just emphasizing their wrong-ness. AAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!


For those that dig this type of vibe, there's a whole throwback genre that has been sort of underground for 10-15 years or so called synthwave.

The most 'pop' of synthwave has caught on to some extent in the mainstream and goes by synthpop. For listening, perhaps start with Future Islands, Tycho, and Helado Negro (quite a bit of Helado Negro is in Spanish). Of these three, Tycho is my favorite - always has some very tasteful and simple electric guitar decorations in his stuff. He has even done some odd time signature stuff in one of his recent albums. My favorite Tycho song, is probably "Slack" from his album Epoch. There are some really lovely guitars in this one along with all of the blissful synths and a great drum track - can't tell if it's live or programmed, which is one of the reasons I love it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbG6PPtVEDw

here's a 24 minute long live show that KEXP recorded - with a really nice mix for a live show. You'll see the live drummer playing what sounds like programmed drums to some extent but they aren't. There's a sort of Piet Mondrian beauty to that in my opinion.

Also, entire labels are dedicated to keeping sequenced digital and analog synth focused music going. A sometimes collaborator of mine has really gone crazy with modular synths lately. He goes by State Azure for his commercial side. I think you guys would really go for his stuff. The label he was on, Loodma Recordings, has boatloads of modern synth music.

https://stateazure.bandcamp.com/album/pictures-from-a-distant-time

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