Empathy Test
@empathytest.bsky.social
UK Synthpop band started in 2013 by Isaac Howlett (vocals) & Adam Relf (production). Three studio albums, Losing Touch (2017), Safe from Harm (2017) + Monsters (2020). Performs live with Nadine Green on keyboard and David Leisser on drums.
Eggshell by Isaac Howlett
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October 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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September 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Losing Touch has had 5m+ Spotify streams 🎉👏🏼👋🏼
August 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Losing Touch has had 5m+ Spotify streams 🎉👏🏼👋🏼
TONIGHT 8pm CET & 7pm UK - Bandcamp listening party for @IsaacHowlett's new single with A State of Flux - Spiralling. Be one of the first to hear it and join him in the chat.
isaachowlett.bandcamp.com/merch/spiral...
You can also join on YouTube at 8:30pm/7:30pm.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S09O...
isaachowlett.bandcamp.com/merch/spiral...
You can also join on YouTube at 8:30pm/7:30pm.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S09O...
Spiralling Listening Party from Isaac Howlett
Listening Party from Isaac Howlett.
isaachowlett.bandcamp.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
TONIGHT 8pm CET & 7pm UK - Bandcamp listening party for @IsaacHowlett's new single with A State of Flux - Spiralling. Be one of the first to hear it and join him in the chat.
isaachowlett.bandcamp.com/merch/spiral...
You can also join on YouTube at 8:30pm/7:30pm.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S09O...
isaachowlett.bandcamp.com/merch/spiral...
You can also join on YouTube at 8:30pm/7:30pm.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S09O...
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2025 AUTUMN EUROPEAN & UK TOUR DATES IN FULL
We've now announced all Autumn tour dates. All tickets on sale apart from London, which is open for O2 priority now & goes on general sale tomorrow (Friday 11th April). LDN limited to 250 tickets so don't delay buying tickets for that.
www.empathytest.com
We've now announced all Autumn tour dates. All tickets on sale apart from London, which is open for O2 priority now & goes on general sale tomorrow (Friday 11th April). LDN limited to 250 tickets so don't delay buying tickets for that.
www.empathytest.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
2025 AUTUMN EUROPEAN & UK TOUR DATES IN FULL
We've now announced all Autumn tour dates. All tickets on sale apart from London, which is open for O2 priority now & goes on general sale tomorrow (Friday 11th April). LDN limited to 250 tickets so don't delay buying tickets for that.
www.empathytest.com
We've now announced all Autumn tour dates. All tickets on sale apart from London, which is open for O2 priority now & goes on general sale tomorrow (Friday 11th April). LDN limited to 250 tickets so don't delay buying tickets for that.
www.empathytest.com
2025 AUTUMN EUROPEAN & UK TOUR DATES IN FULL
We've now announced all Autumn tour dates. All tickets on sale apart from London, which is open for O2 priority now & goes on general sale tomorrow (Friday 11th April). LDN limited to 250 tickets so don't delay buying tickets for that.
www.empathytest.com
We've now announced all Autumn tour dates. All tickets on sale apart from London, which is open for O2 priority now & goes on general sale tomorrow (Friday 11th April). LDN limited to 250 tickets so don't delay buying tickets for that.
www.empathytest.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
2025 AUTUMN EUROPEAN & UK TOUR DATES IN FULL
We've now announced all Autumn tour dates. All tickets on sale apart from London, which is open for O2 priority now & goes on general sale tomorrow (Friday 11th April). LDN limited to 250 tickets so don't delay buying tickets for that.
www.empathytest.com
We've now announced all Autumn tour dates. All tickets on sale apart from London, which is open for O2 priority now & goes on general sale tomorrow (Friday 11th April). LDN limited to 250 tickets so don't delay buying tickets for that.
www.empathytest.com
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#IsaacHowlett championed #Kite for the #ThreeOriginalsByEach feature during #ColinSpencer Programme #146
www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...
to #DiscoverAndRemember @isaachowlett.bsky.social and Kite
Are all (any?) of Isaac's cherished 3 things you'd select?
#Interview #TOBE
@empathytest.bsky.social
www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...
to #DiscoverAndRemember @isaachowlett.bsky.social and Kite
Are all (any?) of Isaac's cherished 3 things you'd select?
#Interview #TOBE
@empathytest.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
#IsaacHowlett championed #Kite for the #ThreeOriginalsByEach feature during #ColinSpencer Programme #146
www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...
to #DiscoverAndRemember @isaachowlett.bsky.social and Kite
Are all (any?) of Isaac's cherished 3 things you'd select?
#Interview #TOBE
@empathytest.bsky.social
www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...
to #DiscoverAndRemember @isaachowlett.bsky.social and Kite
Are all (any?) of Isaac's cherished 3 things you'd select?
#Interview #TOBE
@empathytest.bsky.social
Happy birthday to our synth queen, Nadine! Thank you for the years you've been with us so far, and here's to many more. Have a wonderful day 🎉🎶🤩
📸: Falk Scheuring
📸: Falk Scheuring
March 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Happy birthday to our synth queen, Nadine! Thank you for the years you've been with us so far, and here's to many more. Have a wonderful day 🎉🎶🤩
📸: Falk Scheuring
📸: Falk Scheuring
This is an exciting new first for us! First time in Helsinki, first time in Finland. Empathy Test will be at the Helsinki Industrial Festival in November. Who's coming? 🎶😄
March 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is an exciting new first for us! First time in Helsinki, first time in Finland. Empathy Test will be at the Helsinki Industrial Festival in November. Who's coming? 🎶😄
We are thrilled to present our full, 2025 European tour w/ special guest, Lakeside X.
Aside from Germany, we've got 1st-time headline shows in Budapest, Warsaw, Wroclaw & Bratislava, plus Vienna & Prague. Still working shows in Dublin + the UK.
Tickets already on sale:
empathytest.com
Aside from Germany, we've got 1st-time headline shows in Budapest, Warsaw, Wroclaw & Bratislava, plus Vienna & Prague. Still working shows in Dublin + the UK.
Tickets already on sale:
empathytest.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We are thrilled to present our full, 2025 European tour w/ special guest, Lakeside X.
Aside from Germany, we've got 1st-time headline shows in Budapest, Warsaw, Wroclaw & Bratislava, plus Vienna & Prague. Still working shows in Dublin + the UK.
Tickets already on sale:
empathytest.com
Aside from Germany, we've got 1st-time headline shows in Budapest, Warsaw, Wroclaw & Bratislava, plus Vienna & Prague. Still working shows in Dublin + the UK.
Tickets already on sale:
empathytest.com
TOMORROW IN VIENNA! @IsaacHowlett IS doing his first professional DJ set at the "Near Dark" club night at Viper Room. Expect '80s classics and new retro Goth mixed with questionable skill ;-)
www.facebook.com/events/11212...
www.facebook.com/events/11212...
February 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
TOMORROW IN VIENNA! @IsaacHowlett IS doing his first professional DJ set at the "Near Dark" club night at Viper Room. Expect '80s classics and new retro Goth mixed with questionable skill ;-)
www.facebook.com/events/11212...
www.facebook.com/events/11212...
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Did you hear we did a live cover of @empathytest.bsky.social “Incubation Song” at Empathy Fest in Leipzig, Germany this Saturday? Here it is, captured by one of the audience : youtu.be/R3xHAgUM_Jw?...
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#livemusic #newwave #postpunk #shoegaze
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#livemusic #newwave #postpunk #shoegaze
The Foreign Resort Cover Empathy Test / 15.02.2025 Empathy Fest, Anker Leipzig
YouTube video by Lika
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February 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Did you hear we did a live cover of @empathytest.bsky.social “Incubation Song” at Empathy Fest in Leipzig, Germany this Saturday? Here it is, captured by one of the audience : youtu.be/R3xHAgUM_Jw?...
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#livemusic #newwave #postpunk #shoegaze
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#livemusic #newwave #postpunk #shoegaze
"This was not just a concert - it was an intensely emotional & cinematic finale, a celebration of everything EMPATHY TEST stands for." -Reflections of Darkness
Thanks to RoD for their emotive review of Empathy Fest & all the bands' performances: www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/festivals/23...
Thanks to RoD for their emotive review of Empathy Fest & all the bands' performances: www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/festivals/23...
February 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"This was not just a concert - it was an intensely emotional & cinematic finale, a celebration of everything EMPATHY TEST stands for." -Reflections of Darkness
Thanks to RoD for their emotive review of Empathy Fest & all the bands' performances: www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/festivals/23...
Thanks to RoD for their emotive review of Empathy Fest & all the bands' performances: www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/festivals/23...
Danke Leipzig! "Empathy Fest" was a great success. Maybe we'll do it again? 😁
Thanks to: Lucy Dreams, DSTR, Emmon, The Foreign Resort, Pluswelt, Anker venue & crew. Photo by HR_Pictures_Helge
Thanks to: Lucy Dreams, DSTR, Emmon, The Foreign Resort, Pluswelt, Anker venue & crew. Photo by HR_Pictures_Helge
February 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Danke Leipzig! "Empathy Fest" was a great success. Maybe we'll do it again? 😁
Thanks to: Lucy Dreams, DSTR, Emmon, The Foreign Resort, Pluswelt, Anker venue & crew. Photo by HR_Pictures_Helge
Thanks to: Lucy Dreams, DSTR, Emmon, The Foreign Resort, Pluswelt, Anker venue & crew. Photo by HR_Pictures_Helge
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@empathytest.bsky.social during Empathy Fest, der Anker, Leipzig
February 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
@empathytest.bsky.social during Empathy Fest, der Anker, Leipzig
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@empathytest.bsky.social beim Empathy Fest in Leipzig 🖤
February 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
@empathytest.bsky.social beim Empathy Fest in Leipzig 🖤
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We have a new remix out there for you! This time we’ve been messing up the song “Endless Night” by @empathytest.bsky.social‘s @isaachowlett.bsky.social Find it at Bandcamp: isaachowlett.bandcamp.com/album/house-... or stream at your favorite platform: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
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#remix
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#remix
House Of Cards / Endless Night EP, by Isaac Howlett
6 track album
isaachowlett.bandcamp.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We have a new remix out there for you! This time we’ve been messing up the song “Endless Night” by @empathytest.bsky.social‘s @isaachowlett.bsky.social Find it at Bandcamp: isaachowlett.bandcamp.com/album/house-... or stream at your favorite platform: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
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#remix
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#remix
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Next stop
🔥 EMPATHY FEST - EMPATHY TEST & friends // Samstag, 15.02.2025 // Leipzig, Anker – Leipzig, get ready! 🔥
🎶 Line-up:
🔹 @empathytest.bsky.social 🔹 @theforeignresort.com 🔹 @emmonmusic.bsky.social 🔹 DSTR🔹Lucy Dreams
See you!
🔥 EMPATHY FEST - EMPATHY TEST & friends // Samstag, 15.02.2025 // Leipzig, Anker – Leipzig, get ready! 🔥
🎶 Line-up:
🔹 @empathytest.bsky.social 🔹 @theforeignresort.com 🔹 @emmonmusic.bsky.social 🔹 DSTR🔹Lucy Dreams
See you!
February 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Next stop
🔥 EMPATHY FEST - EMPATHY TEST & friends // Samstag, 15.02.2025 // Leipzig, Anker – Leipzig, get ready! 🔥
🎶 Line-up:
🔹 @empathytest.bsky.social 🔹 @theforeignresort.com 🔹 @emmonmusic.bsky.social 🔹 DSTR🔹Lucy Dreams
See you!
🔥 EMPATHY FEST - EMPATHY TEST & friends // Samstag, 15.02.2025 // Leipzig, Anker – Leipzig, get ready! 🔥
🎶 Line-up:
🔹 @empathytest.bsky.social 🔹 @theforeignresort.com 🔹 @emmonmusic.bsky.social 🔹 DSTR🔹Lucy Dreams
See you!
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February 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Empathy Fest is upon us! @empathytest.bsky.social has invited us along with 3 other bands for an evening of live music Saturday February 15th in Leipzig at Der Anker.
There are still tickets available at anker-leipzig.de/veranstaltun...
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#derankerleipzig #empathyfest #postpunk #newwave #leipzig
There are still tickets available at anker-leipzig.de/veranstaltun...
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#derankerleipzig #empathyfest #postpunk #newwave #leipzig
February 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Empathy Fest is upon us! @empathytest.bsky.social has invited us along with 3 other bands for an evening of live music Saturday February 15th in Leipzig at Der Anker.
There are still tickets available at anker-leipzig.de/veranstaltun...
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#derankerleipzig #empathyfest #postpunk #newwave #leipzig
There are still tickets available at anker-leipzig.de/veranstaltun...
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#derankerleipzig #empathyfest #postpunk #newwave #leipzig
Very excited to have been added to the lineup of this year's Subkultfestivalen.se in Sweden! The last time we were there it was way back in 2018, when we had Chrisy on drums and Jacob stood in for Sam. The event will be on Isaac's birthday weekend, the last weekend in June.
January 30, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Very excited to have been added to the lineup of this year's Subkultfestivalen.se in Sweden! The last time we were there it was way back in 2018, when we had Chrisy on drums and Jacob stood in for Sam. The event will be on Isaac's birthday weekend, the last weekend in June.
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Let's get physical! Massively proud to introduce my first solo CD and 7" single, available to preorder via Bandcamp now, where you can get an immediate download of the new House of Cards remix by Emmon - it's a banger!
isaachowlett.bandcamp.com/album/house-...
isaachowlett.bandcamp.com/album/house-...
January 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Let's get physical! Massively proud to introduce my first solo CD and 7" single, available to preorder via Bandcamp now, where you can get an immediate download of the new House of Cards remix by Emmon - it's a banger!
isaachowlett.bandcamp.com/album/house-...
isaachowlett.bandcamp.com/album/house-...
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Update on my new solo single, Endless Night - it's now hit 2K streams on Spotify and 2.5K on YouTube - keep sharing and keep the feedback coming, thank you!
open.spotify.com/album/3X7ETy...
open.spotify.com/album/3X7ETy...
Endless Night
Isaac Howlett · Single · 2024 · 1 songs
open.spotify.com
December 15, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Update on my new solo single, Endless Night - it's now hit 2K streams on Spotify and 2.5K on YouTube - keep sharing and keep the feedback coming, thank you!
open.spotify.com/album/3X7ETy...
open.spotify.com/album/3X7ETy...