{"id":42786,"date":"2026-06-14T07:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/cold-cause-dancing-in-the-shadows\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T11:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:35:31","slug":"cold-cause-dancing-in-the-shadows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/en\/cold-cause-dancing-in-the-shadows\/","title":{"rendered":"COLD CAUSE: Dancing in the Shadows?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#6e79a7\"><strong>SPONSORED POST<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cold-Cause-Sponsored-550x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cold-Cause-Sponsored-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cold-Cause-Sponsored-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cold-Cause-Sponsored-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cold-Cause-Sponsored-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cold-Cause-Sponsored.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cold Cause, the <\/strong>French-German trio consisting of Lui\u00e7a, Mathieu, and Bruno, blends post-punk, dark wave, EBM, and experimental sound art into a remarkably original, self-titled debut. 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