Synth-punk pioneers Damage release ‘How To Talk To Humans’ remix EP
Damage, the Orlando-formed, Brooklyn-based synth-punk band, release the “How To Talk To Humans” remix EP, pairing two new tracks with club reworks.
Damage, the synth-punk band formed in Orlando, Florida and now based in Brooklyn, New York, have released the “How To Talk To Humans” remix EP, a digital set that reworks the title track and adds two new originals. The remix EP follows the “How To Talk To Humans” EP that the band issued on May 15, 2026 through their own Space Fish Records, in a run that covered 12″ vinyl, CD and streaming.
Two new Damage originals include “Carriage Horses”, a harder track, and “How To Talk To Humans” which gives the EP its title. Around them sit a series of remixes built from source tracks produced by Joe Livingston and the band.
The remixers are New York’s Richie Dio, Providence’s Knowlton Walsh, Tommy “MOT” Barger, who contributes a “Dance Don’t Dance” remix, and Livingston himself. Damage says that the EP is a step outside its usual hardcore mode. The band add that the EP is “a unique experiment in the history of Damage, bringing together a series of remixes based on source tracks produced by Joe Livingston and the band.”
The remix EP is available to stream and download through the band’s Bandcamp page. The “How To Talk To Humans” EP is available on 12″ vinyl and CD from Space Fish Records, alongside streaming. The band has also shared an official video for the title track, “How To Talk To Humans“.
About Damage
Damage formed in Orlando, Florida in the early 1980s. The group began as Brain Damage and shortened the name for an early gig. From the start the band built its sound on live drums and analog synthesizers, with no guitars, an approach shared with bands like The Screamers, Suicide and Units. Mike Brown led the project on vocals and synthesizer, playing a Moog Liberation keytar that he has kept on stage across the band’s run.
Early releases included the 1984 “Polar Bears” 7″ EP and the 1986 “Synthology” album. The band founded Space Fish Records and ran the Club Space Fish venue in Orlando, which closed after a GG Allin performance on November 18, 1991. Through the 1980s and early 1990s Damage shared stages with Adolescents, Dead Kennedys, Adrenaline O.D., Battalion of Saints, SNFU, Fugazi, The Flaming Lips and Alien Sex Fiend.
After a hiatus of roughly 35 years, Damage returned to recording and performing in 2024 and released “Modern World”, their fourth studio album, on Space Fish Records in 2025. The current lineup pairs founding member Mike Brown (vocals, synthesizer) with Joe Livingston (drums) and Joshua Clark (synthesizer, backing vocals).
The “How To Talk To Humans” remix EP is out as download, vinyl and CD.
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