Every week, the State of Sound podcast welcomes an artist from our monthly concert series into the studio to go deep on one of their songs. Our live shows are done for the year, but we’ll be back with more of Wisconsin’s best musicians in 2025.
Our guest for this week, Clark Rendall of Milwaukee’s Dark Psychic, joined us for 88Nine’s State of Sound concert lineup in November.
Dark Psychic is a two-piece dance-rock band from Milwaukee founded by Rendall and Nathan Greene. Rendall’s drum tracks and bass loops bring to mind synth-pop and disco, while Greene’s guitar tones and melodies evoke new wave and post-punk. Recent influences include Kylie Minogue, Depeche Mode, Twin Peaks, and of course, ABBA.
Their newest tracks shed the veil of pandemic pessimist grunge in favor of a lighter, brighter, more celebratory vibe. I spoke with Rendall about Dark Psychic’s capitalist gripe / working-class anthem — and one of their most danceable songs yet — “No One Wants to Work Anymore.”
To hear the conversation and part of Dark Psychic’s set from the live show, hit the “Listen” button at the top of the page or track us down in your favorite podcast app.
