{"id":16802,"date":"2025-10-25T06:58:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T11:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16802"},"modified":"2025-10-25T06:58:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T11:58:39","slug":"brittany-bindrim-releases-new-album-counterpoison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16802","title":{"rendered":"Brittany Bindrim Releases New Album &#8220;Counterpoison&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brittany-Bindrim-1024x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brittany-Bindrim-1024x450.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brittany-Bindrim-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brittany-Bindrim-768x337.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brittany-Bindrim-1536x674.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Brittany-Bindrim-2048x899.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Today, darkwave\/synthpop powerhouse Brittany Bindrim unveils &#8220;Counterpoison&#8221; an album that fuses cinematic atmosphere with punishing beats, heavy synths, and emotionally charged vocals. It marks a grittier, faster-paced evolution from Brittany Bindrim\u2019s 2024 debut &#8220;Velella Velella,&#8221; diving deep into themes of duality, resistance, and renewal. At its core, &#8220;Counterpoison&#8221; is about transformation \u2014 an antidote to the toxins that corrode both individually and collectively. The title reflects the idea of art as a remedy: a means to transmute pain, betrayal, and societal decay into self-knowledge and empowerment. The album was written and performed by Brittany Bindrim, produced and mixed by Matt McJunkins (A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, Eagles of Death Metal, Poppy) and mastered by Ken \u201cHiwatt\u201d Marshall. &#8220;Counterpoison&#8221; was released today on limited edition vinyl, Compact Disc along with all digital and streaming platforms. The new album will be supported by select upcoming performances in Seattle, Portland and Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Brittany Bindrim - Ever So Slowly (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VVcJV2olmms?start=10&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Counterpoison<\/em> is a darkwave\/synthpop record that fuses cinematic atmosphere with punishing beats, heavy synths, and emotionally charged vocals. It marks a grittier, faster-paced evolution from Brittany Bindrim\u2019s debut <em>Velella Velella<\/em> (Metropolis Records, 2024), diving deep into themes of duality, resistance, and renewal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe title <em>Counterpoison<\/em> embodies the album\u2019s central theme \u2014 the notion of art as an antidote,\u201d Bindrim explains. \u201cIt explores the dualities of light and dark, and the corrosive systems that consume us, from political powers to internalized ideologies. In that struggle and tension, music and art can become a kind of resistance \u2014 a means of healing and awakening through confrontation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At its core, <em>Counterpoison<\/em> is about transformation \u2014 an antidote to the toxins that corrode both individually and collectively. The title reflects the idea of art as a remedy: a means to transmute pain, betrayal, and societal decay into self-knowledge and empowerment. The songs wrestle with light and shadow, inner conflict, and the search for meaning amid chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where <em>Velella Velella<\/em> drifted through dreamlike waters, <em>Counterpoison<\/em> strikes with greater urgency \u2014 pulsing with kinetic rhythm and raw emotional drive. Each track builds a world of its own, merging darkwave grit with luminous melody, and exploring themes of creative survival in an era defined by unrest and digital devaluation. The result is both visceral and reflective \u2014 an album that stares into the dark not to succumb to it, but to transform it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The album was written and performed by <strong>Brittany Bindrim<\/strong>, produced and mixed by <strong>Matt McJunkins<\/strong> (<em>A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, Eagles of Death Metal, Poppy<\/em>) at <strong>Secret Hand Studios<\/strong> in Los Angeles, and mastered by <strong>Ken \u201cHiwatt\u201d Marshall<\/strong> at Hiwatt Labs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Counterpoison\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/13lCUgerEzhamuS8tKfovg?si=YoUO9ui5S5ibetavJjsDKw&#038;utm_medium=share&#038;utm_source=oembed&#038;nd=1&#038;dlsi=01e84246ba9d45cb\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, darkwave\/synthpop powerhouse Brittany Bindrim unveils &#8220;Counterpoison&#8221; an album that fuses cinematic atmosphere with punishing beats, heavy synths, and emotionally charged vocals. It marks a grittier, faster-paced evolution from Brittany Bindrim\u2019s 2024 debut &#8220;Velella Velella,&#8221; diving deep into themes of duality, resistance, and renewal. At its core, &#8220;Counterpoison&#8221; is about transformation \u2014 an antidote to&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16802\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Brittany Bindrim Releases New Album &#8220;Counterpoison&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16804,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16802\/revisions\/16804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}