Dark + uplifting makes me think of Anti-Nowhere League's foray into post-punk which most of their fans hated. Not me though, The Perfect Crime is one of my favourite albums of all time:Love how this synthy stuff can be so dark and uplifting at the same time.
About the only album I've heard from 2018 so far is this mosty My Little Pony-themed noise. It seems a stretch to think that that even @HamburgerBoy could like it! But I've always had a thing for shit internet projects considering I started my own when I was 16.