Secret Shame- Dissolve

Local Asheville band Secret Shame, released an album in 2019 that not only brought them into the NYT spotlight with rave reviews, but brought on a wave of new followers and a deeper awareness to the bands roots and honest sharing of the behind the scenes life of its members. Lyrically and musically, a beautiful tribute to the human landscape; exploring both the light and the dark. Their new album Pure, released this past June once again showcases the bands dynamic range of sound, think mid 80’s Cure and post punk, but by no means to be pigeonholed into one sound. Their track Dissolve, had me swept up in a joyful fury the moment the sound cane in. Where New Order left off in the hearts of many, including my own- Secret Shame picks it right back up. The band sums up their sound to “dark post punk”, giving way to a sound very much echoes the lyrical and musical sounds of mid 80’s Cure. This band is good, I mean really good. Honest about their direction and meaning behind their sound. Where they are headed, we are surely to follow.

Want to hear us talk about this song? Check out episode #107 of our podcast at hlycrp.com.