Review: Anyone who's seen The Creature Comfort live over their lengthy career will testify the Manchester band's ability to do garage rock at its bumping and grinding best. Their latest single, 'It's Easy To Get Lost', catches them in slightly more reflective and melancholy mood than usual, singer Ben le Jeune channelling a touch of Ian Curtis's sonorous tones over a Stooges-style groove and ruminating on "how easily life can be thrown off-balance". It's proof of the crew's versatility - and, in any case, B-side 'Je Suis Le President' sees them returning to more characteristic strutting mode as Le Jeune switches between French and English to poke fun at corrupt authority figures everywhere.
Review: Nine months on from the release of the throbbing and pulsating 'Zombie Dance' on Permanent Vacation, Zombies in Miami return to their Creatures of the Night label - the Mexican duo's first appearance on the imprint since 2022's fine collaboration with Lauer, 'Michelada Brothers'. On 'The Rhythm', the duo takes a different tack, dispensing with nods to Italo-disco in favour of weighty tribal house beats (think late '90s Junior Vasquez and Danny Tenaglia), restless electronic bass, echoing vocal snippets and mind-mangling effects. It's genuinely fantastic and comes backed with two tidy reworks: a pots-and-pans-percussion propelled dancefloor dub by Cani, and the sleazy, low slung and stretched-out 'Factory Setup' remix.
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