Bristol art rock agitators Erotic Secrets of Pompeii return with their torturesome new single, ‘Speak Medieval’, set for release on 27th March
Language is not all it seems in
‘Speak Medieval’
New single from
Erotic Secrets of Pompeii
Out 27th March
ABOUT 'SPEAK MEDIEVAL'
Bristol art rock agitators Erotic Secrets of Pompeii return with their torturesome new single, ‘Speak Medieval’, set for release on 27th March.
A frenetic assault of chromatic riffs and stop-start rhythms, ‘Speak Medieval’ explores the fragile threads that hold communication together in a world teetering on the brink. It’s a song of communion and conflict, of words that baffle and deceive. The song revels in the violent undercurrents of nursery rhymes, dragging them to their natural, gruesome conclusions, where the gleeful repetition of childhood verse dissolves into something far more sinister.
Laden with grotesquely medieval imagery - pricking needles, ergot visions, greased-up geese - the track conjures a world where language both conceals and reveals its own brutality. “I am trickster, mischief maker…” intones frontman Thomas Hawtin, an unreliable narrator prowling through the wreckage of fractured speech, wielding words like weapons.
Single Credits
Sleeve art Dave Sausins
Lyrics and Music by Erotic Secrets of Pompeii
Produced and Mixed by Tom Hackwell
Recorded at Humm Studios, Bristol
EROTIC SECRETS OF POMPEII - BIO
Erotic Secrets of Pompeii play wild, weird apocalyptic lounge music - a twisted amalgamation of angular art rock and transgressive post-punk, transmitted directly from the heart of the forbidden zone.
ESOP's music is populated by grotesque imagery and vivid symbolism, drawing from artists across different mediums, such as Terry Gilliam, Salvador Dali, Leonora Carrington, Francis Bacon, William Blake, Robert Anton Wilson.
The band released their debut album, Mondo Maleficum, to wide acclaim in January 2024, followed by a successful album tour across the UK and Europe.
ESOP's music has received airplay from BBC Radio 6, Radio X and BBC Introducing, and the band have played major festivals such as Boomtown, The Great Escape, Shambala and Bearded Theory.
Erotic Secrets of Pompeii are:
Thomas Hawtin - Vocals
Tom Hackwell - Guitar/synth
Sean Jones - Guitar
Lousie Schwarz - Bass
Jake Cheesman - Drums
PRESS QUOTES
"They are going to be as adored and revered as cult bands the Cardiacs and Virgin Prunes whilst having the potential to be Muse or Queen. Debut album Mondo Maleficum... is a masterpiece." - Louder Than War
"They’re destined to be this generation’s Talking Heads." - Amplify The Noise
"Brilliant new band." - John Robb
ESOP UK TOUR DATES
18/04 Glasgow - Hug & Pint
19/04 Darwen - Sunbird Records
20/04 Sheffield - Hallamshire Hotel
24/04 Bristol - Exchange
27/04 Brighton - Prince Albert
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Bristol art rock agitators Erotic Secrets of Pompeii return with their torturesome new single, ‘Speak Medieval’, set for release on 27th March.
‘Speak Medieval’ is a breaking wheel spinning madly while petulant guitars clash and convulse, rhythms lurch unpredictably, and Hawtin’s vocal delivery veers between inebriated parson and deranged storyteller. It’s a song that embodies the chaos it describes, a thrilling and unsettling reminder that language is never as innocent as it seems.
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