The Nocturnal Affair enter 2026 with powerful new video single ‘Deep’

The third Monday in January is known as Blue Monday, characterized as the most depressing day of the year. What better way to brighten your day than with a piano ballad about losing your mental grip on everything, only to find hope where you least expected it. Welcome to “Deep”.

The Nocturnal Affair presents “Deep” as an ode to mental health and that we are not alone even when were are in “the unreachable parts of the deep.”  With “Deep” Brendan Shane exhibits the dark rock devotion of Ville Valo (HIM), the haunted vocal style of Amy Lee (Evanescence) while carrying the rich baritone of Peter Steel (Type O Negative).  

The Nocturnal Affair is proud to present “Deep” as both, a final set in a trilogy but also is in the beginning of a six video premiere series to be launched in 2026.

For the prolific (and true to form, nocturnal) writer and producer Brendan Shane and The Nocturnal Affair, 2026 promises to be a landmark year with as many as six new singles mapped out over the coming months.

The “Deep” video is the final segment of a trilogy, told by The Nocturnal Affair. The story, which started with “Cross Me Out”, and then morphed into the cyber punk fueled “Benefit Of Doubt”, ends with “Deep”.   The beautifully dark final chapter reveals the redemption that comes when all hope is lost, and the one person you least expect salvation from arrives in the night to save you as you’re sinking to the unreachable parts of the deep.

Singer Brendan Shane on “Deep”:

“Deep” came from a part of me that I didn’t know existed, and came to light during the pandemic which was a very dark time”, said singer Brendan Shane. “What I discovered was the realization of something I never wanted to meet, but HAD to encounter in order to heal. I hope those that connect with “Deep” find the strength to conquer their pain in order to move forward in this world. You aren’t alone”.

Produced and mixed at Madison Studios by Tanner Hendon and Wyatt Oates, “Deep” will be released via Madison Records. The “Deep” video guest stars actress, video game journalist, and model Lisa Foiles.  Foiles was a regular cast member on ‘All That’ on Nickelodeon, as well as appearing on ‘Even Stevens’, ‘Malcolm in the Middle’, and more!  She is known for her comedic timing and geek culture focus, extending her career beyond traditional acting and digital media.

Discovered by Grammy nominated Disturbed bassist John Moyer, Las Vegas dark rockers The Nocturnal Affair are an alternative/dark rock project headed by singer/songwriter Brendan Shane.   The band’s crushing and melancholic musical style is an ode to darker alternative music torchbearers like Type O Negative, HIM, David Bowie, Gary Numan, and Nine Inch Nails.  

The Nocturnal Affair has toured extensively throughout the US, UK, and Europe, getting in their 10,000 hours performing alongside a wide array of artists including Fozzy, Wednesday 13, Max Cavalera’s NAILBOMB, Drowning Pool, HELLYEAH, Asking Alexandria, and Pop Evil.  While also being accessible enough to share the stage with notable mainstream acts like 3 Doors Down, Black Stone Cherry and Alien Ant Farm. 

In the Fall of 2024, the band released their single “Cross Me Out”, co-written by active-rock songwriting heavyweight Johnny Andrews (Ice Nine Kills, Starset, The Funeral Portrait, Motionless In White).  The single reached Top 30 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Radio chart, #3 on the SMR Radio Rock chart and racked up 3 MIL views to date on YouTube.  Their

follow up singles ‘Benefit of Doubt’ and a heavy rock take on Haddaway’s 1993 pop guilty pleasure ‘What Is Love”, have clocked another combined 7 million views on Youtube and counting.  These head-turning numbers and high show energy has many plaudits claiming ‘they don’t make ‘em like that anymore…until now!’