Radio Club’s The Gods of Eden is another release I couldn’t, wouldn’t dare let fall into the clutches of lost-in-2014 nothingness, now matter how sold-out-as-FUDGE it is. How could I have? This is easily the best coldwave tape I heard all year, and its fresh, creative way of doing business brings back the early 80s in the best possible sense. The vocals are mere shadow voices, like a third-generation tracing of Peter Murphy’s voice dowsed in effects and alcohol, while the synth-simple arrangements evoke awe every time they shift into a new gear. There’s some autobahn-style straight-ahead chugging that gets rather intense, a dribbling of Blank Dogs mid-tempo mumbling here and there, and a smattering of more scientific strains of catchy, maddening Wierdness that I simply insist you hear in the here and now (NOW!). You won’t move like this to a cassette tape in your average daily dealings, I can guarantee that. It’s impossible to fold your arms while listening to “The Monkey’s Paw.” Again: Sold out, but ask Nostilevo for a repress (redub?) and I’m sure they’ll do somethin’ for ya, kid.
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