{"id":4088,"date":"2023-07-10T06:45:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T11:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=4088"},"modified":"2023-07-10T06:45:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T11:45:19","slug":"the-bleak-assembly-draws-upon-dark-spaces-with-new-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=4088","title":{"rendered":"The Bleak Assembly\u00a0 Draws Upon Dark Spaces With New EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BLEAK.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BLEAK.jpg 700w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BLEAK-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BLEAK-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Bleak Assembly<\/strong>&nbsp;invites you into new dark spaces with&nbsp;<em><strong>Strangers Among Strangers<\/strong><\/em>, a compelling exploration of shadow and light. This highly-anticipated EP showcases&nbsp;the innovative and familiar sound that only&nbsp;<strong>The Bleak Assembly<\/strong>&nbsp;can deliver.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Featuring six meticulously-crafted tracks,&nbsp;<em><strong>Strangers Among Strangers&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em>pierces the darkness, exploring themes of revenge, nihilism, and vulnerable introspection. Each track stands as a testament to the EP&#8217;s sonic range, incorporating driving beats, aching guitars, haunting synthesizers, and mesmerizing vocals that create a sonically complex sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With&nbsp;<em><strong>Strangers Among Strangers<\/strong><\/em>,&nbsp;<strong>The Bleak Assembly&nbsp;<\/strong>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,&nbsp;<strong>The Bleak Assembly<\/strong>&nbsp;has crafted an EP that will leave listeners aching for more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Strangers Among Strangers<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is available now and completes the work begun on\u00a0<em><strong>We Become Strangers.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/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=\"The Bleak Assembly - A Night Like This\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WbBS4eenAlg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>The Bleak Assembly<\/strong>&nbsp;Is:<br>Michael Smith: All Instruments<br>Kimberly (from&nbsp;<strong>Bow Ever Down<\/strong>): Vocals<br><br><strong>The Bleak Assembly<\/strong>&nbsp;was formed in July, 2022. Two weeks after its inception, the first EP,&nbsp;<em><strong>We Became Strangers<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;was unveiled.&nbsp;<strong>The Bleak Assembly<\/strong>\u2019s meaning takes inspiration from Charles Dickens\u2019s \u2018Bleak House\u2019 \u2013 the &#8220;Bleak Assembly&#8221; being the chain of people in the story whose lives are destroyed by the promise of wealth<br><br>In September, 2022,&nbsp;<strong>The Bleak Assembly<\/strong>&nbsp;released the EP,&nbsp;<strong><em>We Become Strangers<\/em><\/strong>. This was followed up by the \u201cAlibi\u201d single in February of 2023.&nbsp;<em><strong>Strangers Among Strangers<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;was then released in June, 2023. The goal of this EP, says Michael Smith was to \u201ctry 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.\u201d<br><br>Michael and Kimberly have each shared the same stage with bands such as<br><strong>Assemblage 23<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Razed in Black<\/strong>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<strong>Switchblade Symphony<\/strong>&nbsp;with their own projects while&nbsp;<strong>The Bleak Assembly<\/strong>&nbsp;will likely remain strictly a studio project.<br><br>Currently&nbsp;<strong>The Bleak Assembly<\/strong>&nbsp;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&nbsp;<strong>Bow Ever Down<\/strong>&nbsp;EP and will get back to the next release from&nbsp;<strong>The Bleak Assembly<\/strong>&nbsp;after that.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bleak Assembly&nbsp;invites you into new dark spaces with&nbsp;Strangers Among Strangers, a compelling exploration of shadow and light. This highly-anticipated EP showcases&nbsp;the innovative and familiar sound that only&nbsp;The Bleak Assembly&nbsp;can deliver.&nbsp; Featuring six meticulously-crafted tracks,&nbsp;Strangers Among Strangers&nbsp;pierces the darkness, exploring themes of revenge, nihilism, and vulnerable introspection. Each track stands as a testament to the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=4088\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Bleak Assembly\u00a0 Draws Upon Dark Spaces With New EP<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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-4088","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\/4088","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=4088"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4090,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4088\/revisions\/4090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}