Scared Bones Records Share Xmal Deutschland’s “Incubus Succubus” & Anja Huwe’s “Pariah”

Today Sacred Bones Records have shared two more tracks from the parallel releases of the expanded reissue of Xmal Deutschland‘s Early Singles 1981-1982 and Codes, the debut solo album from the band’s inimitable front-woman Anja Huwe, with both records set for release side-by-side on March 8th.

Following the previously shared video for Xmal Deutschland‘s Allein and Anja Huwe‘s debut solo single Rabenschwarz, today two more offerings are available to hear. First up, the original version of Xmal Deutschland‘s iconic hit Incubus Succubus. Originally released in 1982 via Zickzack Records, the single was part of a 12″ also containing the tracks Zu Jung Zu Alt and Blut Ist Liebe. This is the first time the original single is available digitally, having been out of print until the 12″ was recently re-released (and quickly sold out) via Sacred Bones Records. Incubus Succubus features on the forthcoming Early Singles 1981-1982, which also contains two bonus tracks Allein, that is taken from the Nosferatu Festival compilation, and Kälbermarsch, that originally appeared on the Lieber Zuviel Als Zuwenig compilation.

Alongside Incubus Succubus comes Pariah, a second look at the debut solo release from Xmal Deutschland‘s front-woman, Anja Huwe. Invited by her long-time friend Mona Mur, Huwe reconsidered her decades-long hiatus from music and decided to join Mur in her studio in Berlin. Together, they worked for a year and a half, composing, performing and producing the tracks from scratch which eventually became the album Codes. Pariah shows the intentional interchange between languages on the record: “Since I sing multilingually, and often work with metaphors, I hope that the listener can grasp the moods without understanding them literally. I believe that voice, expression, and sound can achieve an overall atmosphere. Sometimes melancholic and blue, but also uplifting, vibrant, or subliminally aggressive.”