THEE SIMULATION Weaves an Air of Cosmic Dread and Rebirth on Industrial Neofolk Single “TRAIL OF DEAD KINGS”

“TRAIL OF DEAD KINGS” by THEE SIMULATION (a project of Colin Dawson’s of Haunted Horses and Stickers) begins with an industrial tribal beat before an urgent and slightly echoing piano line, harmonic synth drone and moodily abstract spectral keyboard emerges. Alongside this haunted vocals seem to tell a dark tale like something out of an Edgar Allan Poe story or a late 60s Hammer horror film. Images of labyrinthine passages and the sounds of rustling leaves stirred by a light breeze underfoot lend the song an air of the seasons trailing from summer deep into the fall. The chorus of “Take your name off me” suggests a spirit of a place beckoning to be free of the monikers of a conquering power and a return to its primal origins. Musically the dark atmospheres, tribal industrial beats and mystical moods are reminiscent Current 93 circa Dogs Blood Rising (1984) but in a production mode more in line with the modern era. And yet it shares that sense of the otherworldly that exists parallel to our everyday of which we can become aware if we’re open to tapping into those psychological spaces. Listen to “TRAIL OF DEAD KINGS” on Spotify. The new THEE SIMULATION album BLEAK LIVING released on August 17, 2024 and can be listened to in full on Spotify as well.