In an effort to broaden his creative range and experiment with more upbeat and pop-oriented sounds, Secret Shame bassist Matthew created the synthpop project XOR, and has come up with a pretty rich and interesting catalog up to this point.
The upcoming EP by XOR, beyond the tall trees somewhere, is composed of five tracks, and scheduled to be released on April 28th, 2023.
Matthew comments on Penokees, the EP's first reveal and opening number: "Penokees was written for a friend who went to prison defending indigenous land from being turned into an open pit mine. Ironically, the song is coming out during another large scale resistance to environmental degradation as Atlanta pushes forward to develop the massively unpopular Cop City in the Weelaunee forest."