Erotic Secrets Of Pompeii Release “Speak Medieval” Single

Bristol art rock agitators Erotic Secrets of Pompeii are set to return with their torturesome new single, Speak Medieval. 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. Musically, Speak Medieval is a breaking wheel spinning madly while petulant guitars clash and convulse, rhythms lurch unpredictably, and Thomas 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. This is Erotic Secrets of Pompeii at their most unhinged, aggressive, whimsical and punchy and the band will be playing a handful of UK dates next month in support of their new single.

“We’re back on tour in the UK! April 2025 sees us shroom up through the earth for a magical ride around the country. We bring to you our electric banquet of audio violence and cast a blitheful spell on Old Blighty… if only briefly!”