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01. HEY COLOSSUS - Hold On
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02. HEY COLOSSUS - Sisters and Brothers
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03. HEY COLOSSUS - Hey, Dead Eyes, Up!
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04. HEY COLOSSUS - Wired_Brainless
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05. HEY COLOSSUS - Black and Gold
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06. HEY COLOSSUS - Lagos Atom
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07. HEY COLOSSUS - Eat It
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08. HEY COLOSSUS - Sinking, Feeling
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ARTIST
HEY COLOSSUS
TITLE
In Black and Gold
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
ROCKET RECORDINGS
CATALOG #
LAUNCH 077CD
LAUNCH 077CD
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
2/17/2015
Emerging in a haze of demented riff science and booze-addled abandon, London-based tinnitus machine
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, specializing in a primordial barrage of abject noise from overheated amp stacks. 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 splendor,
In Black and Gold
follows a sonic trajectory that expands on Hey Colossus's trademark ornery overload. The songs herein may be leaner and more artful than the fearsome sound that made the band's name on albums like 2008's
Project: Death
and the monstrous 2013 opus
Cuckoo Live Life Like Cuckoo
(MIE 018CD/LP), but Hey Colossus remains possessed of the
Stoog
ian and Stygian wrath that fuels their noise rock transgression. With their maximalist tendencies augmented by a sharp focus on space and restraint, not to mention a refreshing stylistic diversity, the band delivers some strange aural alchemy. Here, they sound as comfortable tackling electronically-fried dub mantras like "Lagos Atom" as they do the
Cluster
-esque lullaby of opener "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
, while on the dramatic spaghetti-psych of the title-track a revelatory cinematic sprawl of sound recalls
The Bad Seeds
and
The 13th Floor Elevators
engaged in a psychic duel in the noonday sun. Hey Colossus have always made fine work on the vital and
Spinal Tap
-approved "fine line between clever and stupid." 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 pièce de résistance, finding that the sunlight suits them better than they ever realized.
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