Watch: Afraid “Your Dealer In Heaven”

02 Jul 2013 — Henning Lahmann

Already around for roughly two years now, Portland, Maine-based project Afraid seems to have flown mostly under the radar until now, a fact that could and should change with the group's latest effort, a digital 7" dropped a few weeks ago, not least as the a-side features vocal contributions by Jarboe La Salle Devereaux or simply Jarboe, best known for her work with seminal NYC outfit Swans – check out the incredible result below. Today however we're delighted to premiere the brand new video for the single's equally remarkable b-side, "Your Dealer In Heaven", a noirish and brooding hybrid of post punk-indebted patterns underlying incisive electronic loops, restrained yet poignant beats, and male/female vocals that are as elaborate as they feel subtly vulnerable, at least until they submerge into a surge of effects that mark the track's finale. The visuals themselves are appropriately haunting, a series of occult images that underline the scenery's inescapable bleakness.

Sisters Forever b/w Your Dealer In Heaven is out digitally on Everything Is Chemical and available for free via bandcamp.