{"id":31669,"date":"2022-08-31T20:54:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T01:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/?p=31669"},"modified":"2022-08-14T15:07:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T20:07:32","slug":"los-angeles-the-sweet-kill-announce-debut-lp-with-synth-soaked-post-punk-single-darkness%ef%bf%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/los-angeles-the-sweet-kill-announce-debut-lp-with-synth-soaked-post-punk-single-darkness%ef%bf%bc\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Los Angeles\u2019\u00a0The\u00a0Sweet\u00a0Kill\u00a0Announce Debut LP with Synth-Soaked Post-Punk Single \u201cDarkness\u201d\ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. -->\n\n<p>The album <em>Darkness<\/em>, due out on vinyl in September 2022, is a dark and gothic post-punk diviner of millenarian angst.<em> Darkness<\/em> bridges the decades between the early days of post-punk and the now. You can hear elements of The Cure and Bauhaus reverberate through Mills\u2019 taut, brooding vocal performances, while the pounding bass lines and brisk percussion are reminiscent of artists like The Killers or Franz Ferdinand. The personal lyrics and accessible melody and production fall somewhere between Editors and Fontaines D.C., lending the songs an openness that will appeal to fans of pop and rock, not just post-punk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe  id=\"_ytid_66955\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_f1zhnUCXko?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>D I S C O V E R<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesweetkill.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.thesweetkill.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thesweetkill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/thesweetkill<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Youtube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/thesweetkill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/thesweetkill<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thesweetkill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thesweetkill\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thesweetkill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thesweetkill\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bandcamp: <a href=\"https:\/\/thesweetkill.bandcamp.com\/releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/thesweetkill.bandcamp.com\/releases<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apple Music: <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/the-sweet-kill\/285070330\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/the-sweet-kill\/285070330<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spotify:<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/0jVKWzxBYSAXbB5VMkadHg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/445d0aCtpY1jmpLO87SfNu?si=x7ivetUYQ_yXII25w5ydDg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/445d0aCtpY1jmpLO87SfNu?si=x7ivetUYQ_yXII25w5ydDg<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The album Darkness, due out on vinyl in September 2022, is a dark and gothic post-punk diviner of millenarian angst. 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