Tom Cruzer is back on Future 80’s Records with Nighthawk 2, an eight-track instrumental synthwave album released on 6 November 2026.
As the title says, this is a sequel. The first Nighthawk came out on the same label on 3 October 2025, seven short tracks of rain-soaked night-drive synthwave that ran from Night Vector to Silhouette in the Rain.
The new chapter keeps its story to a few lines on Bandcamp: “In a world where shadows conceal every secret, one night can change everything. No escape. No turning back.”
The music picks up the chase from there. Midnight Pursuit opens the album, followed by Chrome Shadows, Velvet Nightdrive and Static Horizon. City of Strangers, Running Through Neon and Echoes After Midnight lead into the closer, Last Exit Tonight.
Newretro.net’s weekly column The Rewind picked Nighthawk 2 out of its Bandcamp Friday haul, noting the outrun, drive and instrumental tags and track titles that write their own movie.
The neon-lettered sleeve sets the scene: a sleek sports car racing past a crosswalk on a wet night street, with a police cruiser close behind.
Future 80’s Records is a UK label that promotes synthwave, retro electro, dreamwave and spacesynth artists, with a simple motto: the music of tomorrow created in a retro manner. Nighthawk 2 is out now on Bandcamp.
Bandcamp – https://future80s.bandcamp.com/album/nighthawk-2
Nighthawk (2025) – https://future80s.bandcamp.com/album/nighthawk
The Rewind – https://newretro.net/blogs/the-rewind/the-rewind-vol-17
Label – https://future80s.bandcamp.com/
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