Holy Fxxx'd

Starting to get the energy back - might even be able to stomach a beer! One of the main reasons is 'Xed Eyes', the second single from Holy Fuck's upcoming new record, Congrats. It is following in the same realm as initial cut 'Tom Tom', in that its electronica that is designed to be darkly danceable. Of course there is a serrated edge to these disco bites, the percussion mechanical and pinpoint precise, the beats feverish, red-eyed, gurning. The more you listen, the more you get the jittery sweats. Time to get up to get down. Reeeeally looking forward to this one!

Holy Fuck, Congrats Tom Tom!

The first time I saw Holy Fuck was at ATP curated by The Breeders. As we were watching them, Kim Deal seemed to part the crowd, and I got to talk to her, if only for a brief moment (to ask her about solo stuff, and Kellie's knitting circle - hot button topics). I raced into the thick of the Canadian band's set and lost my shit. I don't remember many gigs since where I have legitimately danced myself to a sweaty, quivering mess without the aid of a "higher power". (Joints and booze don't count, of course). LP is still a record I listen to incessantly. When I go to the gym (stop laughing) it is right there, pulsing through my head. But can you believe it's been SIX YEARS since their last records, Latin? You don't have to worry though - 'Tom Tom', the new track from the forthcoming Congrats (out through Innovative Leisure), is a little different - the vocals are prominent, if distorted as hell, and the incessant rhythms, while still definitely there, are plodding and futurist militaristic in their insistence. It's barbed with hooks, as per the Holy Fuck way, and promises to stick to my brain like a burr. Can't wait til May to hear Congrats in full!

Bass Drum Of Death

Mississippi two-headed garage behemoth Bass Drum Of Death are finally prepping their followup to 2011's GB City, and the first cut off it 'Shattered Me' feels like a concrete-slab-to-the-face level of raising the bar. And I don't mean that in brutality as I do with immediacy - the hooks lying within are relentless, so whilst you wont be able to label this as anything original, you won't be able to resist it either. Which is kinda the point, isn't it - losing your mind without blowing it? I don't know. It works for me anyway.

Innovative Leisure (also responsible for releases from Allah-Las, Crystal Antlers and Hanni El Khatib) is putting out Bass Drum Of Death in June. 'Shattered Me' will ensure this time flies by.