Forget The Snowman or The Grinch - the only mystical winter beast you need in your life this Christmas is the GlitterWølf.

An unashamedly 1980s-influenced synthpop duo, GlitterWølf, who hail from Gillingham, might be retro but they have a fresh sound and catchy hooks - and let’s face it, the 1980s did Christmas a lot better than 2018 is managing so far anyway.

Their latest single I Need You Again is a big slab of synth-driven emotion, that wears its leather trousers and shades with pride while posing centre stage in front of the wind machine.

“The new single is about, like most songs if we’re being honest , unrequited love,” explained singer Mike Orvis. “It’s about cutting through the bull and asking the serious question: do you want this?

“It’s one of our most popular singles to date. It’s a different feeling to the previous single and I think people resonate with that - we are a band that’s always trying to tilt what we’re doing.

“We are unabashedly in love with all musical aspects of the 80s. Our last album reflected that, in that it was literally a spectrum of the stuff we love.

“The new album is leaning more towards pop. I was, for one, inspired by Carly Rae Jepson’s album “ Emotion”. It’s a bubbly pop record that has lyrically sad undertones. That’s what I’m aiming for with the new material.”

GlitterWølf hope to release their new album, Guilty Leisures, by spring 2019, and are busy making plans to unleash their sound on live audiences.

“The response to GlitterWølf has been astounding,” added Mike. “I’ve been a musician for over 16 years, and this project has had the best response I’ve ever seen. The Synthwave community are friendly as all hell, and our Nerds ( fans) are enthusiastic!”

The other half of GlitterWølf is expert producer Graham Waller - who takes control of synths, programming, and “lazers” - and explained the unique process to creating their sound.

“Our writing process rolls in a way that Mike will usually send me an idea for a song that is usually a chorus,” he said. “Once we nail a catchy chorus we build the track up around that to fill in the rest of the song structure and melody, concept, chorus then the rest.

“As for the synths, we use a combination of retro 80s synths and modern virtual instruments to create the sounds and vibe we are going for, drawing inspiration from both 80s bands, retrowave/ synthwave and synthpop artists as well as modern pop music.”

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