History Of Guns 
Little Miss Suicide (25) 
Liquid Len Records 
 
It’s a remarkable anniversary for History Of Guns. The UK-based industrial post-punk mainstays are celebrating 25 years of Little Miss Suicide, one of their most popular and long-serving numbers. This new video combines the music with footage taken from 1998 when the band performed it during its first outing. Formed in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, the band have been leading the way in the futurepunk scene that took control at the turn of the century. All the original audio files have been pulled out of the vault and handed over to a crack team of studio professionals to get the music sounding its best. Max Rael and Caden Clarkson took to the mixing duties before Pete Maher (of U2, Depeche Mode, Nick Cave, Nine Inch Nails credit) mastered the final version. The best thing about it is that 25 years on Little Miss Suicide is popular, alive, and as healthy as ever.  
 
Organic studio sounds begin the track as the drumming kicks in with a quick and catchy beat. Guitars and vocals enter, churning riffs sit tightly on the push of drums as a harmonised and deep lyric section begins. Dramatic projection of the words pushes the goth culture to the forefront as spooky and melancholy devilishness takes the story of the song to new heights. An edge of tongue-in-cheek comic-book style gives rise to great sounding bleepy synths that spiral and gurgle as the distorted guitar cranks on with its tight and penetrating patterns. A genuine retro and vintage feel permeates the track with the low-fi delivery finding space through the quirk and punch that this genre does best.  

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History Of Guns 
Drug Castle 
Hertfordshire 
 
The UK Industrial group History Of Guns are back, not with just another song but with a short film set to music. It’s a huge undertaking, moving images and great sounding songs don’t magic themselves into action. Their recent videos include No Longer Earthbound, When You Don’t Matter, and What’s Buried (Will Rise). Each title smashed the boundaries while raising the bar and gaining all the right attention. This new film has been directed by Howard Gardner and makes use of not only Drug Castle from the new Half Light album, but it also captures Survive The Night. Named after a 1960s UK facility where patients were subjected to unethical and experimental psychological procedures, keeping the crosshairs on the shadows it’s History Of Guns with Drug Castle. 
 
The ocean takes the lead as the crashing of waves on rocks opens the score for us. Eeriee noises like metal on metal and chirping birds in long-forgotten chimneys break the natural vibe before an open-minded voice begins to talk. Huge atmospheres lurch across our vulnerable heads as the sonic architecture looks onward in uncompassionate nonchalance. Squealing sounds and loud exclamations of personal poverty find an odd stage within the poetic backdrop of scenario and solitude. As the music finds an orchestral angle, it clings on in a desperate rise for life and it’s greeted with slow tribalesque drums. The tension increases and the voice begins to dive into the realms of mania. As the pressure drops momentarily, a plucked string melody begins to repeat. At first, it’s soothing but as the voice returns the harmonics and timbre twist and pivot into discord. The plucks become bow sounds with a melody making vague attempts to assemble itself. The sound vanishes and out comes a solid guitar, with a tune that has character and blues. The vocal returns with a clearer and more stable song. An emotional twang still manages to drag the energy of the vocal into pools of wallowing yet the motivation to continue remains.  

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