Echolust

California-based trio Echolust play a dark, brooding brand of drum machine-driven post-punk influenced by shoegaze and synth pop. After forming in 2011 and releasing a few singles independently, the group signed with Cleopatra Records and issued its debut full-length, Veldisa, in 2016. Follow-up Loomer was released in 2018. Singer/multi-instrumentalist Philip Obando formed Echolust in Long Beach in 2011. He had been writing songs and recording demos for the project, but he was having a hard time finding the right bandmates. He met bassist Armond Angeles at an Echo & the Bunny...