Elektrokohle waste no time getting into the thick of “I Wanna Cry” and its urgent mix of dark post-punk noisy punk driven by a motorik beat. In the black and white music video and it’s flashing lights, stark shadows, haunted underground settings and those more like the interior of a repurposed, abandoned school the band looks like a darkwave version of some kind of psychedelic garage rock band from Memphis or The Cramps. And this aesthetic reinforces the desperate themes of the song of feeling stuck and despairing at not being able to satisfy a loved one and give them what they want and vice versa and not knowing how to break out of that terrible emotional deadlock. Elektrokohle perfectly captures that breaking point of not knowing what to do next but knowing that maybe a good cry would purge that blockage of feeling and that sense of powerlessness. Watch the video for “I Wanna Cry” on YouTube and follow Berlin-based post-punk band Elektrokohle at the links below. “I Wanna Cry” is out now on a seven inch b/w “Abstand” available through the group’s Bandcamp page.
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