We’re loving this debut track from BAIT, which appears as part of the Alternative Occupations EP. Released on December 2nd via Cool Thing Records on limited edition 12” white vinyl, it also features new tracks by Asylums, The Horse Heads and Petty Phase.
The band Asylums know how hard it is for new talent to get recognised in this industry. So the Southend group have set up their own label, with Cool Thing Records aiming to uncover and support new artists.
New EP ‘Alternative Occupations’ gathers a host of fresh talent, with Asylums acting both as curators and lead artists. One of the bands featured are BAIT who donates this cut ‘I’m Still Here’ to the project, and it pits skeletal post-punk against some skittering, hypnotic beats.
BAIT: “To me visual art is just as important as music and this is something that I think Cool Thing does very well. I’m an artist and Cool Thing is run by artists. There seems to be an endless stream of creativity flowing from Cool Thing and I want to be part of it. Limitation is a powerful tool. A lack of resources or funds will force you to use what you have… If you have an idea, you have it all”.
Over thrumming, post-punk percussion surreal lyrics about Keith Harris, melting milkmen and Timmy Mallet abound. Curiously during his Radio Oxford days in the 1970s, Timmy Mallet was engaged to my cousin and once gave me a lock of his green hair and a shit 7″ by Gonzales. I didn’t keep either.
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