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COLD IN BERLIN LAUNCH VIDEO FOR ‘SPOTLIGHT’ – ‘THE BODY IS THE WOUND’ EP RELEASED 19TH JANUARY (NEW HEAVY SOUNDS)
Cold in Berlin steps back into the spotlight with the second track taken from The Body Is The Wound EP … aptly entitled ‘Spotlight’.
Once more combining the tribal post-punk beats of 80s goth with a crushing chorus of doomy fuzz, CiB delivers another gothic anthem for the ages.
There is also the second in the series of videos that accompany the EP release available here:
The band comment, “Spotlight is a lullaby about a haunting. We took the metre of a Victorian dirge and added our potent mix of post-punk and gothic doom. We knew the visuals would have to feature a dancer and we’re very grateful to Amanda Dufour for her mesmeric performance. (Instagram @mandymakesshapes )
We found the perfect filming location at The Cavendish Arms – South London’s best pub and venue! There we could lean into the retro Music Hall vibes and Twin Peaks colour schemes.”
New Heavy Sounds recently announced a new multi-record project by Cold in Berlin ‘The Wounds’. Consisting of an EP, The Body is the Wound, and an album, due in 2024, The Wounds is a musical vade mecum of what is to come in a fresh era for the band. The Body is the Wound EP launches the next chapter in CIB’s journey.
Released on 19th January (New Heavy Sounds), the four tracks cover diverse musical ground, drawing ideas from krautrock, post-punk and doom, but always with the requisite amount of weight.
‘The Body is the Wound’ EP is the first new material from the band since the lauded 2019 album Rituals of Surrender.
While Rituals ‘crushing doom-laden riffs… assaulted the speakers with its steady pulse of noise’ (Narc magazine), this new collection of songs are armed with a more diverse set of audio weaponry, firing crunchy synthesiser stabs at razor-sharp guitar riffs to create a hypnotic and inventive vehicle with which to carry vocalist Maya’s ‘tightly rhythmic and unrelenting cantankerous storm’ (MOJO) which could ‘fell oaks at 100 metres’ (Q).
The lyrical themes dance around sex, murder, suicide and broken dreams, brought together in loose storytelling that allows listeners to add their own experiences and bring personal meaning.
“I wanted to loosely tie the lyrics around two ideas,” explains Maya. “Psychology, which tells us the body houses the trauma we experience and carry with us – and Buddhism, which suggests there is no growth unless from pain; we choose to hold on to suffering even though we can learn not to, and so we continue in disillusionment – aware but not aware.”
The Body is the Wound was recorded at Dalston’s Bear Bites Horse studio by Wayne Adams (Green Lung – Woodland Rites) and is an exciting precursor to a new album in 2024.
Pre-order the EP – https://coldinberlin.bandcamp.com/album/the-body-is-the-wound-e-p
All digital platforms: https://lnk.to/MYfm8W
‘A mesmerising set of doomy, goth-infused tracks’ – Metal Hammer
‘A voice that could fell oaks at 100 meters… razor-sharp guitar wizardry’ – Q
‘It’s impossible not to get sucked in by their dark whirlpool of noise‘ – Mojo
Watch the video for previous single ‘Dream One’ – https://youtu.be/ML_RezozgPI?si=OBSf1HsBXdFWvdMh
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