Music: S U R V I V E

Like a lot of people, I just binged watched the entire season of Stranger Things on Netflix. Besides being a fantastic show with the right amount of winking nostalgia for the era it is set in, combined with modern episodic storytelling flare, the show features a soundtrack that is spot on, with elements of Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, Giorgio Moroder and John Carpenter.

Credited to Michael Stein and Kyle Dixon, turns out they are actually a band from Austin, Texas called S U R V I V E (yes, that's how they spell it, with the spaces). The band only have a few releases available, but a new album is due this fall. It's the perfect early 80s synth sounds that fell out of favor in the 90s and 00s, but seem to be making a resurgence in the last few years thanks to the abundance of newer low/mid budget horror and thriller films.