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"
