Erotic Secrets Of Pompeii Are “Completely Rudderless” On New Single

Apocalyptic art rock outfit Erotic Secrets of Pompeii have today released their new single, Utterly Rudderless, that is the final single from their upcoming debut album, Mondo Maleficum, where guitars ricochet back and forth over a locked staccato drum groove. The single is accompanied by a mischievous video playfully paying homage to the band’s out-there art influences, including the outlandish performance art of Leigh Bowery and Jader Vision.

“Lyrically the song is about conspiracy theories offering comfort in a chaotic world, but the real unsettling truth is that nobody truly holds the reins; the world navigates without a rudder. Sounds morbid when broken down like that, but there’s a frantic energy that drives the music that is almost triumphant. The universe may be ambivalent, but we’re alive – so let’s celebrate that!” (singer Thomas Hawtin)

Mondo Maleficum is set for release on 25th January, and will be available on streaming platforms, Bandcamp and limited edition blood-red vinyl. Mondo Maleficum is an album of angular, agitated art-rock and death-trip soliloquies, where Erotic Secrets of Pompeii flaunt their vile pageantry and conjure new gratuitous myths. The band invites you to join their bizarro cult and act out grand magickal gestures at the grindhouse, to accept death and be reborn in a weird, beautiful image of you. The world can be dark at times, but there is love and strength to be found in the darkness