Erotic Secrets Of Pompeii Unveil New Single “Crowstepper”

Following on from two years of touring the UK and Europe, recently being awarded British Phonographic Industry funding, and announcing festival slots at the UK’s Dot 2 Dot and ArcTanGent, and Germany’s Haldernpop, Erotic Secrets of Pompeii are back releasing new weird and wonky music in the form of the band’s latest single, Crowstepper, that is released in collaboration with Republic of Music and Wipe Out Music. As if a crow itself, the song steals shiny things from Jung’s theory of the shadow self, the trickster, and psychopomp spirit guides. The Crowstepper is a shadowy other-self that offers an absurdist escape from the horrors of the modern world while simultaneously satirising them: religion, self help, toxic online culture. This is no mere narrative, this is an acid flashback dream sequence. Strap in for the ride!

The song is a giant step into the world of Erotic Secrets of Pompeii, a strange zone as beautiful as it is grotesque, which they have been cultivating over the course of their first two albums. Musically, there is a swampiness to the bass and drums groove, needling guitar lines, a cowbell that won’t quit… and far too many hooks to be legal in one song. Transmitted directly from the heart of the forbidden zone, the band released their debut album, Mondo Maleficum, to wide acclaim in January 2024, followed by their latest album Pitchfork Libra in October 2025 which they are currently touring across the UK and Europe.