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LP released: Feb 13, 2015

Tracklisting:
1. Hold On (4:14)
2. Sisters And Brothers (4:13)
3. Hey, Dead Eyes, Up! (3:07)
4. Wired_Brainless (5:51)
5. Black And Gold (5:58)
6. Lagos Atom (9:54)
7. Eat It (4:00)
8. Sinking, Feeling (4:06)
HEY COLOSSUS
IN BLACK & GOLD
Label: ROCKET RECORDINGS
Cat No: LAUNCH077
Barcode: 5055300383693
Packaging: LP (100g)

Emerging in a haze of demented riff science and booze-addled abandon, Hey Colossus have carved out a notable
niche for themselves in the British underground's murkier quarters. They've dished out a formidable array of wax
over the last decade, specialising in a primordial barrage of abject noise from overheated ampstacks. Yet for all the
grit and gnarl of their output thus far, it's seemingly only been a warm-up for their latest opus, which sees their
monstrous assault finely honed into an album as beguiling as it is bulldozing.
'In Black And Gold', their eighth album proper and first for Rocket Recordings, ushers in a new incarnation of Hey
Colossus. Marrying malevolent attack to expansive celestial splendour, it marks a point wherHey Colossus map out
a sonic trajectory that expands on their trademark ornery overload. The songs may be leaner and more artful than
the fearsome sound by which they made their name on albums like 2008's 'Project: Death' and the monstrous 2013
opus 'Cuckoo Live Life Like Cuckoo', but they remain possessed of the Stoogian wrath that fuels their noiserock
transgressions. Yet meanwhile, an evolutionary process has led to their maximalist tendencies being replaced by a
sharp focus on space and restraint, not to mention a refreshing stylistic diversity, resulting in a strange aural alchemy.

Here, they sound as comfortable tackling electronically-fried dub mantras like 'Lagos Atom' as they do the Clusteresque
lullaby of the opening 'Hold On'. Yet there's no shortage of primal rock action to be had on 'In Black And
Gold'; on 'Sisters And Brothers' they summon up a swaggering, demented groove that sashays like a zombified Gun
Club, whilst on the dramatic spaghetti-psych of the title-track a revelatory cinematic sprawl of sound sees The Bad
Seeds and The 13th Floor Elevators engaged in a psychic duel . The vital and Spinal Tap-approved 'fine line between
clever and stupid' has been a location that this London-based tinnitus machine has made fine work of dwelling on
for the duration of their life thus far. Yet with 'In Black And Gold', in a laudable leap of faith, they've stepped beyond,
and the result is both vicious and visionary. These unpretentious underworld overlords have emerged from
the shadows to create an avant-garage pi ce de r sistance, and moreover it turns out that the sunlight suits them
better than they ever realised.

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