Severed+Said sounds like music made in a dark room with one flickering candle and a head full of unsent letters.
It lives in that shadowy realm between darkwave and post-industrial. The beats aren’t there to make you dance so much as take you inward, inspiring a reflective trance. Mechanical pulses tick like anxious thoughts. Synths stretch and moan, often detuned, uneasy, like they don’t trust themselves. Melody shows up, but it’s wounded, scarred, and limping. Beautiful because it’s alive, existing in the nether zone.
The latest offering, ‘SEER’, takes the ethos to unseen heights. Soaring in a murky, watercolor world. Somewhere between the dark of night and the soft glow of dawn. The kind of record that sits with you in your own uncertainty, pulling you closer, seeing you as you are. - HPT
Released January 23, 2026
Written and recorded by John Touchton
Mixed and mastered by Jeremiah Ezekiel Johnson
Art and design by Jason Gvvl
Cassette Design by Justin Myers