“With a keen eye for harsh words and wiry thin riffs, an ‘I’m doing my thing so screw you’ attitude… Madame So’s brand of force is infectious.”
Author: RatsontheRun
Richard ‘Kid’ Strange has been busy. The pre-punk provocateur that spawned Doctors Of Madness is restless… and dare I say, even nostalgic.
“Between A-side highlights and a B-side that flies by, Fake Flowers Never Die is an intriguing slice of deceptively slick new wave indie…”
“Yes it’s a cheap kick, a paper thin throwaway, but that’s by design and for fun. It might not yet be the caliber of ‘Young Loud & Snotty’, ‘L.A.M.F’, or ‘Hate To Say I Told You So’, but it’s a direct and worthy descendant…”
“With the subtle synth dreamwave of Washed Out and Teen Daze, we tiptoe on 80s and shoegaze…”
“On its own it’s a slow play of ambient electronica that wallows in grim repetitions, as a film it plays up to its strengths as a soundtrack to abstract and ominous imagery…”
“They teeter on garage, psychobilly, and CBGB’s golden era. They’re a throwback and homage to drive-in monster movies, dimly-lit back-street theatres and the scuzziest Americana…”
“This is no-wave aggression with goth-static feedback and a psychedelic twist of industrial noise…”
After a feverish few days of hard PR grafting, it’s a thrill to announce that Rats On The Run is working with Linda Pagnini
“This might be my shortest review. Linda Pagnini’s voice. Is fucking incredible”
Rats on the Run 