17 Feb 2011 — Henning Lahmann
The Copenhagen-based imprint
Skrot Up hit me up the other day to inform about their delicious roster of psychedelic/noise/garage artists, and this odd pairing particularly grabbed my attention, a split 7 inch by Montréal's
Wicked Crafts and
Braindamage from Uppsala, Sweden. While the first piece of the double a-side release,
Geraldine (Curse of the Wicked Crafts) is a slow-burning, dark garage ballad about drugs and self-destructive girlfriends, Braindamage's tune
Hot Pachuco Love draws heavily on classic minimal wave to come up with a sick and twisted synth creeper, as if someone accidentally opened a teenager's gloomy practice room that had been forgotten back in 1983 to find this on a dusty tape.
The 7 inch is limited to 200 pieces and is out now. Before ordering, remember to check your passport: If you're hailing from the US or Canada, go
here. If you are from anywhere else, go
here. It isn't that difficult actually.
Wicked Crafts - Geraldine (Curse of the Wicked Crafts)
Braindamage - Hot Pachuco Love
