Altered Zones

Every week seems to bring a new Edmund Xavier-related delight to our doorstep. After sniping across the ruins of a sonic Stalingrad with Teenage Panzerkorps, chasing Hostage Sex all the way to the Gates of Heaven, and tuning in to FWY’s post-mutant-apocalypse radio show, we turn to the melange of cold wave turbulence and metronomic ambition which is Horrid Red’s Pink Flowers EP.

"Foehn Winds" surges across still landscapes like a gang of existential cyborgs revelling in the cadences of their own suicide mission. The bass buzz of bike engines grafted into flesh tattooed with Peter Saville iconography causes flowers to wilt as they drive past the ghastly spot where the Youth of America crashed against the pitiless barricades of reality. (via 20 Jazz Funk Greats)

MP3: Horrid Red: "Foehn Winds"

Pink Flowers EP is out soon on 7" and cassette (+ digital download) via Soft Abuse. Pre-order it here