{"id":45512,"date":"2026-05-30T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45512"},"modified":"2026-05-02T07:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:55:36","slug":"astari-nite-drop-medications-in-bloom-ep-video-for-dry-shampoo-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45512","title":{"rendered":"ASTARI NITE drop \u2018Medications In Bloom\u2019 EP + video for \u2018Dry Shampoo X\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Miami’s beloved dark glam architects ASTARI NITE<\/strong> are back with something close to the heart \u2014 their brand new EP, ‘Medications In Bloom’<\/strong>, out now on limited edition compact disc and all major digital platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Title Born in the Waiting Room<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The EP’s name comes from a genuinely tender place. Vocalist Mychael Ghost<\/strong> has spent the last four-and-a-half years navigating his mother’s health journey \u2014 hospital visits, nurses’ conversations, handfuls of flowers that make him sneeze. One day, a prescription refill notification pinged his phone, and something clicked:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n

“My mother has not been doing well for quite some time. My life for the past four and a half years consists of doctor visits, chatting with nurses, buying her flowers that make me sneeze, my mind wandering about childhood memories while holding her hand. Nevertheless, whenever her prescription is re-filled, I’m quickly notified. One day I received that reassuring alert and thought to myself, YAY, ‘Medications In Bloom’ again.<\/em>” \u2014 Mychael Ghost<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

It’s the kind of origin story that reframes everything. Suddenly those themes of validation, self-preservation, romance, glamour and decay hit a little differently. ‘Medications In Bloom’<\/strong> is an EP about finding the light \u2014 wear the brightest lipstick, laugh the loudest, say good morning to strangers. Everyone deserves to be loved. Ghost puts it plainly: “For the most part, I think we were chasing rainbows in the sunlight and then into the dark.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dark Glam Done Right<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

If you’re new to ASTARI NITE, here’s your crash course: formed in Miami in 2013 by Ghost and drummer Illia Tulloch<\/strong>, the band rounded out their lineup with guitarist\/producer Howard Melnick<\/strong> and keyboardist\/bassist Danny Ae<\/strong>. Their debut, \u2019Stereo Walz,\u2019 landed on Danse Macabre Records<\/strong> \u2014 Bruno Kramm of Das Ich’s label \u2014 and almost immediately scored them a direct support slot for Peter Murphy (Bauhaus)<\/strong>. The year after that? Leipzig’s Wave-Gotik Treffen<\/strong>. Not a bad start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then they’ve released \u2018Midnight Conversations\u2019 (produced by Tom Shear of Assemblage 23, which somehow found its way to Cleopatra Records<\/strong>), plus full-lengths \u2018Here Lies\u2019 and \u2018Resolution Of Happiness\u2019 on Negative Gain Records<\/strong>. Their 2025 full-length \u2018Resolution Of Happiness\u2019 had Post-Punk.com picking up vibes of Clan of Xymox, Placebo, Franz Ferdinand, and the Psychedelic Furs \u2014 high praise, and honestly, accurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orkus Magazine summed up their sound pretty well: “A cozy nineties alternative vibe meets sophisticated glam rock to unite with dark wave and synth rock. A certain David Bowie spirit seems to hover over the songs.”<\/em> We couldn’t say it better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch: Dry Shampoo X<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The EP comes with a video for lead track Dry Shampoo X<\/em> \u2014 check it out below and prepare to have a new earworm for the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n