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Secret and Whisper (often typeset as Secret & Whisper) is a post-hardcore band from Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Secret and Whisper formed after the band Stutterfly replaced their departed vocalist and decided on a new name. Their first album, Great White Whale, was released on February 12, 2008.[3] The band's first single was "XOXOXO"[4] followed by "Warrior (Southern Arrowwood)".[5] Their second album, Teenage Fantasy, was released on April 6, 2010.

Secret & Whisper
Origin	Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada[1]
Genres	Post-hardcore[2] Alternative rock Ambient Experimental
Years active	2007–2011 2022–present
Labels	Tooth and Nail Records
Associated acts	Stutterfly Thebleedingalarm Shreddy Krueger My Broken Hero Oceans Apart Scissorkick Kitsune Spiritbox Skateboard Dinosaur Tidebringer Cry of the Afflicted
Members	Charles Finn Jason Ciolli Ryan Loerke Jordan Chase James Tyler Johnson
Past members	Bradyn Byron David Ecker

History

Formations and Great White Whale (2007-2010)

The band, consisting of five members, was called Stutterfly until a key member, Chris Stickney, decided to leave shortly after they were dropped from Maverick Records. Stickney soon moved to a band called Oceans Apart.[6] The rest of the band, Bradyn Byron, Jason Ciolli, Jordan Chase and Ryan Loerke, approached Charles Finn (then named Charles Furney), a friend and former member of thebleedingalarm, who used to tour with them,[7] to be their new lead singer. The new line-up became Secret and Whisper on February 24, 2007. They decided to think of a new band name because of the completely different sound that Charles' voice brought to the band.[1]

Teenage Fantasy and hiatus activities (2010-2021)

On September 15, 2009 in a MySpace blog, Charles announced the official departure of Bradyn Byron. The band has since recruited David Ecker as guitarist. David Ecker previously played guitar for Oceans Apart with former Stutterfly member Chris Stickney.

The band has mentioned a new website with the release of the new album 'Teenage Fantasy', a music video for one of the songs, and a video update on many occasions but have yet to produce on any of these. Teenage Fantasy's first single was "Warrior (Southern Arrowwood)". The album was released on April 6, 2010.[8] No music video was released off the album.

On November 25, 2010, strikegently.com reported that Charles had been recruited to fill Cove Reber's abandoned vocalist spot in Saosin.[9] One day later, on November 26, Saosin themselves denied these claims on their Facebook page:

Thanks for the update from strike gently But, unfortunately, we DO NOT have a new singer yet, and its not Chris [sic] from Secret & Whisper. INFORMATION POLLUTION! Stick to the squirt videos, homeboy - SAOSIN[10]

On February 4, 2011, they released B-Side track "Pixie" on myspace.

On July 12, 2011, via Facebook note the band announced going on an indefinite hiatus.[11]

Members of Secret & Whisper Jordan Chase, Ryan Loerke and David Ecker formed the band Shreddy Krueger with Chase taking over vocals duty.

In 2017-2018 Secret & Whisper posted a bunch photos on Facebook hinting reunion and some work in studio, but there were no reunion announcement and no news about their activity as a band later on.

Reunion (2022–present)

On February 12, 2022, the 14-year anniversary of Great White Whale, Ryan Loerke stated on his Instagram post that Secret and Whisper started practicing together again with intentions to play shows and write new material.[12] A day later, the band revived an official band page on Instagram, where James Tyler Johnson (previosuly of Cry of the Afflicted) was mentioned to have taken guitar duties replacing previous band member David Ecker.

Band members

Current

• Charles "Chuk Furn" Finn – lead vocals (2007–2011, 2022)
• Jordan Chase – bass, vocals (2007–2011, 2022)
• Jason Ciolli – lead guitar (2007–2011, 2022)
• James Tyler Johnson – rhythm guitar (2022)
• Ryan Loerke – drums, percussion (2007–2011, 2022)

Former

• Bradyn Byron – rhythm guitar (2007–2009)
• David Ecker – rhythm guitar (2009–2011)

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak		Certifications (sales threshold)
		US Heat	US Christ
2008	Great White Whale Released: February 12, 2008 Label: Tooth and Nail Records Format: CD, digital download	25	33	US: 25,000
2010	Teenage Fantasy Released: April 6, 2010 Label: Tooth and Nail Records Format: CD, digital download	11	18	US: TBA

Singles

• "XOXOXO" (Great White Whale)
• "Vanishings" (Great White Whale)
• "Warrior (Southern Arrowwood)" (Teenage Fantasy)

Songs on compilations

• Canada Rocks, "XOXOXO" (CMC Distribution, 2008)
• Songs From The Penalty Box, Vol. 6, "XOXOXO" (Tooth & Nail Records, 2009)

Trivia

• Two of the songs from their first album, "Attacker" and "You Are Familiar", were featured during televised professional Starcraft matches in Korea as introduction songs.
• Charles Furney has made a guest appearance on My Broken Hero's album "Man of Science, Man of Faith" in the song "Colours".
• Prior to the release of Teenage Fantasy Charles Furney changed his surname to Finn after finding out more about his family heritage.
• In 2012, Finn released a teaser for his upcoming low-fi solo album Don't Be Sad set to be released on October 9, 2012.[13] Ultimately, only three songs ("Son of Rock 'n Roll", "Church Youth" and "100 Friends Living in my Mouth") off the album were released via Finn's YouTube channel for a short period of time, and later deleted.
• Charles Finn designed the album art for Don't Cry as well as for the band ARLEEN on their planned but never released album titled "Two Sided Sky".[14] Finn later started an Instagram account for his art under the moniker CHUK FURN.[15]
• In 2012, Jason Ciolli joined the band Scissorkick.[16]
• In 2017, Ryan Loerke and Dave Ecker joined a pop-punk band Count Me In and released a full-length album How's Your Heart, Kid? in 2018.
• In 2018-2020 Ryan Loerke played drums for a post-hardcore band Spiritbox which features ex-iwrestledabearonce members.
• In 2019, Ryan Loerke was featured on drums and Jordan Chase contributed to the bass on “Nothing Makes Me Happy Anymore”, the debut full length album from fellow Kelowna post-hardcore band Kitsune.
• In 2019, Charles Finn announced a new solo project named Skateboard Dinosaur. Skateboard Dinosaur music was produced and recorded by Jordan Chase and features Ryan Loerke on drums, both of Secret & Whisper. Skateboard Dinosaur released singles "Late Bloom" and "I Won't Cry" in 2020, and "Guts Noir" in 2021. On September 27, 2021, a tracklist of the debut full length album composed of 8 tracks was revealed via the project's Instagram.[17]
• In 2022, Ryan Loerke was featured on drums for metalcore band Tidebringer, formerly known as Shark Infested Daughters. Jordan Chase was also involved in the production and recording.

References

External links

• Secret and Whisper on Myspace
• Secret and Whisper at Tooth and Nail Records
• Secret and Whisper's channel on YouTube

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