The Mystic Underground

New York City duo The Mystic Underground — singer/lyricist Vladimir Valette and keyboardist/producer Benedetto Socci — return with their new album So Close, So Far, to be released 16 January 2026 on Re:Mission Entertainment.

Leading the way is the first single, “Darkness Hides At Dawn”, a meditation on longing, resilience, and the fleeting comfort found in the glow of the dance floor. Equal parts brooding and euphoric, it exemplifies the band’s ability to blur the line between heartbreak and motion, capturing moments of quiet despair and sudden release with a pulse that never lets up.

The Mystic Underground’s music has drawn comparisons to The Smiths, Pet Shop Boys, and Suede placing them firmly in the lineage of artists who pair sharp, reflective lyricism with immersive atmospheres. But with So Close, So Far, the duo crafts a voice distinctly their own — songs that embrace contradictions: intimacy and distance, shadow and light, melancholy and exhilaration.

Speaking about the record, Vladimir Valette shares:
“This is a record we feel very passionate about. A collection of songs that truly cut to the heart of what we are about as a band and how the world has shaped us both collectively and individually. It’s a call to arms to those who cherish life with an unquenchable thirst for romance as a respite from the desolation and tumult of the everyday.”

In the band’s own words, their work is “life… set to a dance beat.” And with So Close, So Far, The Mystic Underground invite listeners to join them in the club — a sanctuary where the turmoil and wonder of New York City are transmuted into sound, and where, for a few fleeting hours, the night belongs to us all.