Progressive 80’s pop / sophisti-pop

Haven't heard that one but their album "The Last Broadcast" has prog elements, even a bit of King Crimson's Moonchild.

Laughing Stock’s ‘The Island’ wasn’t as interesting to me, sorry to say. The most interesting tracks were those which jammed different genres together, e.g. “That Face.” But Laughing Stock indulged too much in the tendency to extend tracks unnecessarily, without compensatory musical development or introduction of material. Most distracting were the lyrics, which were (I think) self-consciously silly. Vis a vis this thread, on the whole I didn’t hear as much of an 80’s influence on this album. I’ll give it another listen, as these are obviously fine musicians who crafted a technically accomplished album with plenty of advanced ideas.

This was lost almost immediately after I posted it. I know you checked out, and enjoyed The Opium Cartel. Did you give Laughing Stock a listen? No worries if you did, and it didn’t do it for you. I know they don’t quite fit the bill. 😄

you're right, maybe ask Keishiro for help. 

Not necessarily from the 1980’s, but “80’s” conveys the heavy use of digital synthesiser and programmed sequences that I’d personally like to hear.

Many of the bands mentioned, are already listed at PA.
 

To be honest, I would've been surprised to find any of those four bands listed in ProgArchives, but then again, I'm constantly surprised by the non-prog artists who are included here. 

I SECOND THAT EMOTION !