Immoral Kids - Goudron

At last, something to write about on the music front after a few weeks of audio tumbleweed. I would like to talk about Goudron the new single by Immoral Kids, a release which is a gloriously obtuse plunge into electro-clash’s disturbed underbelly. To my tender ears, it is a track that slinks, snarls and seduces with dysfunctional charm. From the first metallic throb, I felt like I’d wandered into a vinyl-padded dungeon where hard-wired, techno-punk machines reign supreme. The band themselves purport to have been raised by bloodthirsty monsters in northern forests, these two self-taught existentialists have clearly digested human decadence with a wicked grin.

The production is a beautiful head spin; tetchy synths clash with pounding beats, textures scrape like rusted steel, and yet it all flows with a perverse elegance. It’s a song recorded with a sparkling zest for embracing off-kilter sensuality, there's even a breathless, gasping interlude to throw hot wax onto the proceedings. For that, I applaud the duo's devilish sense of danger and adventure.

'Obscurity invades me. Suffocates me' the vocalist relays, her voice a performance piece in itself; raw, theatrical and deliciously unhinged. Goudron is a brilliantly performed oddity and for me it was a great introduction to the band's work. It’s electro-industrial meets dark wave with a lipstick smear of derangement. This one piece has certainly saved me from the musical doldrums that have been hitting my inbox of late.

The accompanying video? A twisted visual assault that matches the track’s intensity beat for beat. Check it out!