The Bleak Assembly invites you into new dark spaces with Strangers Among Strangers, a compelling exploration of shadow and light. This highly-anticipated EP showcases the innovative and familiar sound that only The Bleak Assembly can deliver.
Featuring six meticulously-crafted tracks, Strangers Among Strangers pierces the darkness, exploring themes of revenge, nihilism, and vulnerable introspection. Each track stands as a testament to the EP’s sonic range, incorporating driving beats, aching guitars, haunting synthesizers, and mesmerizing vocals that create a sonically complex sound.
With Strangers Among Strangers, The Bleak Assembly pushes the boundaries of darkwave and post-punk, fusing howling guitars, electronic textures, and provocative lyrics to deliver a sound that is as refreshing as it is relentless. Drawing inspiration from both legends and the obscure while adding their unique creative vision, The Bleak Assembly has crafted an EP that will leave listeners aching for more.
Strangers Among Strangers is available now and completes the work begun on We Become Strangers.
| The Bleak Assembly Is: Michael Smith: All Instruments Kimberly (from Bow Ever Down): Vocals The Bleak Assembly was formed in July, 2022. Two weeks after its inception, the first EP, We Became Strangers was unveiled. The Bleak Assembly’s meaning takes inspiration from Charles Dickens’s ‘Bleak House’ – the “Bleak Assembly” being the chain of people in the story whose lives are destroyed by the promise of wealth In September, 2022, The Bleak Assembly released the EP, We Become Strangers. This was followed up by the “Alibi” single in February of 2023. Strangers Among Strangers was then released in June, 2023. The goal of this EP, says Michael Smith was to “try a different sound. Bands seem to fall into a certain sound after a while, so if that should happen to us. I wanted to open it up to a more electronic sound to give us more room in the future.” Michael and Kimberly have each shared the same stage with bands such as Assemblage 23, Razed in Black & Switchblade Symphony with their own projects while The Bleak Assembly will likely remain strictly a studio project. Currently The Bleak Assembly is collecting all previously-released tracks to make them available on all streaming platforms and a possible physical release at a later date. Michael and Kimberly are also currently working on the next Bow Ever Down EP and will get back to the next release from The Bleak Assembly after that. |