{"id":32876,"date":"2019-11-12T17:15:57","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T22:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=32876"},"modified":"2019-11-11T09:56:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T14:56:20","slug":"post-punk-breakouts-secret-shame-announce-new-series-of-remixes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=32876","title":{"rendered":"Post-punk breakouts Secret Shame announce new series of remixes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After the release of their debut album&nbsp;&#8216;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/transmissionpublicity.dmanalytics1.com\/click?u=https%3A%2F%2Ffanlink.to%2FDarkSynthetics&amp;i=1&amp;d=ABFMb-YbTPGSbpkOARTJCg&amp;e=info%40cultureaddicts.com&amp;a=Pz3QGlE4Qzi7OgsAAjcsXw&amp;s=znAuKA7EE4c\" target=\"_blank\">Dark Synthetics<\/a>&#8216;&nbsp;in September, Asheville&#8217;s dark post-punk\/deathrock band&nbsp;Secret Shame&nbsp;has announced they&#8217;ll be trickling a new series of remixes of tracks lifted from the album. They&#8217;ll also go back into the studio to record new music for release in early 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first reworking they&#8217;re sharing is&nbsp;XOR&#8217;s ethereal coldwave remix of <em>Calm<\/em>. You can take a listen to the remix via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7iZzA5isDbk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;<em>Dark Synthetics&#8217;&nbsp;<\/em>was released to critical acclaim worldwide, and established&nbsp;Secret Shame as a dark sonic force to be reckoned with. Drawing fitting&nbsp;comparisons to The Cure and early Siouxsie while&nbsp;simultaneously carving out a sound distinctly&nbsp;their own, their&nbsp;songwriting&nbsp;combines the best elements of post-punk, deathrock and goth that&nbsp;harkens back to the golden age of 4AD.&nbsp;Secret Shame&#8217;s frontwoman Lena&#8217;s harrowing vocals cut through dark atmospheres created by the band&#8217;s massive, reverb-laden sound, building to both cathartic and compelling lyrical moments.&nbsp;The band create a safe space for you to get lost in &#8211; it&#8217;s a gothic punk sound not just to revel in, but to think critically&nbsp;through&#8230; something only carefully crafted music can do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>After the release of their debut album&nbsp;&#8216;Dark Synthetics&#8216;&nbsp;in September, Asheville&#8217;s dark post-punk\/deathrock band&nbsp;Secret Shame&nbsp;has announced they&#8217;ll be trickling a new series of remixes of tracks <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=32876\" title=\"Post-punk breakouts Secret Shame announce new series of remixes\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31690,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[22,23,28,30],"tags":[8383,8563,968,8234,8704],"class_list":["post-32876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","tag-calm","tag-coldwave","tag-remix","tag-secret-shame","tag-xor"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/759cea40c4ff413ae1e90f7f71fd9d0c4c7583de.jpeg?fit=786%2C786&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-8yg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33884,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33884","url_meta":{"origin":32876,"position":0},"title":"Secret Shame shares haunting acoustic version of \u2018Dark\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 27, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Secret Shame have shared the gorgeous, haunting lo-fi acoustic version of\u00a0their standout single Dark (buy\/stream) that their fierce frontwoman Lena Machine recorded to include on their\u00a0\u2018Dark Synthetics\u2019\u00a0Remix EP. 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