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Pins & Needles, the debut LP from post-punk quartet THE SECRECY – whose members also play with the likes of Flesher, Chrome Waves, Bringers Of Disease, Isolation Drills, En Dive, and more – is now playing exclusively at New Noise Magazine, ahead of its release this Friday on Disorder Recordings.
Rather than leaning on nostalgia, THE SECRECY uses the vocabulary of post-punk as a living language. The record moves fluidly from icy minimalism to towering crescendos, pairing stark lyrical introspection with expansive, emotionally resonant soundscapes. It is an album built on contrasts: intimacy and distance, despair, and defiance. THE SECRECY delivers a debut that feels fully realized — a statement of intent that positions the band not as revivalists, but as contributors to the ongoing evolution of dark, guitar-driven music. The result is a record that lingers long after the final note fades.
Engineered by THE SECRECY, Pins & Needles was mixed by Tyler Watkins, mastered by Corey Miller, and completed with art/layout by Ryan Dunn.
Vocalist Dustin Boltjes writes, “This record is a collection of themes based on emotional highs and lows. An amalgamation of subjects and memories that never seem to leave my brain. Depravity and beauty, intertwined within consistent and chaotic thought patterns. Enjoy.”
Stream THE SECRECY’s Pins & Needles early exclusively at New Noise Magazine now RIGHT HERE.
Disorder Recordings, operated by the band’s Jeff Wilson, will release Pins & Needles on LP, CD, and digitally this Friday, July 17th. Find preorders HERE and watch the “Dancing In The Fire” visualizer HERE and “Sky” video HERE.
THE SECRECY is booking tour dates surrounding the album’s release, including a set at this year’s installment of the Post. Festival July 23rd alongside Caspian, Kylesa, The Album Leaf, Torche, Rolo Tomassi, Minsk, and many others. The band also booked a short tour through the Midwest October 15th through 18th and will announce more live dates throughout the year.
THE SECRECY Tour Dates:
7/22/2026 Portal – Louisville, KY
7/23/2026 Post Festival – Indianapolis, IN [info]
10/15/2026 Cloudland Theater – Minneapolis, MN
10/16/2026 The Jamb – Osh Kosh, WI
10/17/2026 Liar’s Club – Chicago, IL
10/18/2026 X-Ray Arcade – Milwaukee, WI
Emerging from Indianapolis’ fertile underground, THE SECRECY has quickly established itself as a formidable new voice in American post-punk. Blending shadow-drenched atmosphere and driving, rhythmic urgency, the band bridges the stark emotionality of classic goth rock with a modern, cinematic edge. Following early singles that earned premieres with Decibel Magazine and Post-Punk.com, the band now arrives at a defining moment with their debut full-length, Pins & Needles.
Where early tracks introduced brooding textures and soaring arrangements, Pins & Needles expands THE SECRECY’s sonic and emotional scope into something deeper, sharper, and more immersive. The album captures a world suspended amid catharsis. Angular basslines pulse beneath walls of chorus-laden guitar; drums shift between motorik propulsion and cavernous restraint; synth accents flicker like distant signals in the dark. Across its runtime, Pins & Needles explores themes of alienation, political fracture, private anxiety, and fragile human connection — each song unfolding with a sense of necessity that feels both personal and universal.
THE SECRECY:
Dustin Boltjes – vocals, synth
Dino Maglinte – drums
Anthony Reitz – bass
Jeff Wilson – guitar, synth
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