Dallas-based dream-pop band SECRECIES is excited to share their latest single and video Fashion Week. It’s the latest single to be lifted from the band’s anticipated new album ‘Perfect Bite’ out May 17 on Idol Records (pre-order). The band released Fashion Week, and its accompanying video which was directed & edited by the band’s Shawn Magill and filmed by Vera Hernandez. The song is on all digital platforms now. Watch the video via YouTube below.
Fashion Week follows the success of the album’s lead single and video, Cathedrals, which debuted at KXT and is now available on all digital platforms. With its haunting melody and evocative lyrics, Cathedrals invites listeners on a journey of introspection and wonder, exploring themes of longing and discovery amidst chaos. The song’s chorus resonates with an urgent call to seize the moment and embrace life’s fleeting moments, inviting listeners to immerse themselves in its spellbinding soundscape.
SECRECIES has announced a hometown record release show taking place on Saturday, May 18 at the Doublewide in Dallas. Tickets are available here.
SECRECIES is the project of multifaceted songwriter, producer, musician, and band leader, Shawn Magill. Perfect Bite features songs born amid the pandemic and new band members in an ever-rotating cast of talent. The new album is the sequel to SECRECIES’ self-titled debut in 2019.
‘Perfect Bite’ unites dreamy, atmospheric sounds, driving electronic elements over a shoegaze wall of sound, creating a sonic journey that is simultaneously beautiful and thought-provoking, leading listeners through an exploration of the human experience. The 12-track album is marked by ethereal, echoing guitar and synth chords and otherworldly vocals, which create a dreamlike foundation that runs through the entire work. These haunting melodies inspire a sense of introspection and wonder, though decidedly rock-influenced.
Within the music, there’s a strong presence of intricate electronic manipulation and ambient textures that add a futuristic, unpredictable dimension. The guitar is drenched in reverb, chorus, and delay nodding to 90s shoegaze influences, giving the album a sense of grandeur and epic storytelling while delving into themes of transcendence, introspection, and the cosmos. The album encourages listeners to reflect on their place in the universe, with each track contributing to a cosmic narrative.
Harmonies are warm and inviting, with chords that transition smoothly, incorporating a blend of suspension and release to create a sense of anticipation and contentment. Shawn’s vocals are honey-sweet, carrying emotion and story in every word. It’s as though she’s sharing a secret with the world, a message of love, hope, and longing. Her vocals resonate with the heart, leaving the listener with a feeling as though worries are momentarily forgotten, and time seems to stand still until the last song.
SECRECIES’ new album, ‘Perfect Bite’ features band leader and songwriter, Shawn Magill on vocals, bass guitar, and synthesizer as well musicians Alex Bhore on guitar and synthesizer (composer/ producer for HALO video game, prior member of This Will Destroy You), Leah Lane on guitar (of Rosegarden Funeral Party), Dean Adams on percussion (of LoreleiK), and Ivan Beltran on drums (of Only Ever). The album was produced and engineered by Alex Bhore at Elmwood Recording in Oak Cliff and mastered by Dave Cooley of Elysian Masters in Pasadena, CA.
‘Perfect Bite’ track list
1. Cathedrals
2. Perfect Bite
3. Fashion Week
4. Game Show
5. Golden Rule
6. Mars Rover
7. Imagine
8. All These Days
9. Dance With Me
10. Messed Up
11. Selfish
12. Worn Out
SECRECIES’ sound has drawn comparisons to Slowdive, Ladytron, Beach House, Automatic, New Dad, Wet Leg, St Etienne, Sylvan Esso, Purity Ring, Glass Candy, The XX. and even Blondie’s more disco-leaning material.
In addition to the synth-pop shoegaze project SECRECIES, Magill is a collage artist, composer, and designer who collaborates with fashion designers and photographers as well as bands, dance companies, theaters, and nonprofits to help them tell their stories. Her work has been seen and heard at various venues, stages, and screens throughout the county, including Theatre Three and Second Thought Theater in Dallas, and the NAMTb Festival for new writers in New York.
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