New Bloody Beetroots Woop Woop
THE BLOODY BEETROOTS, helmed by Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo - Italian producer and masked electro/punk-rocker – has unleashed the latest chapter in The Bloody Beetroots ‘Church Of Noise’ via Ultra Music/Dim Mak Records.
A “cultural-musical movement,” as he calls it, ‘Church Of Noise’ is Rifo’s inaugural collaboration with Dennis Lyxzén of Swedish hardcore punk-pioneersRefused and The (International) Noise Conspiracy. The track was produced in London by Rifo and studio maverick and Killing Joke founder/bassist Youth, whose vast production credits include Paul McCartney, Crowded House, Yazz, The Verve and Primal Scream, just to name a few.
“Dennis and I have decided to break the mental barriers” Rifo explains. Of their otherwise unlikely pairing he says “There are many common ideas between Roborama (the Beetroots debut album) and The Shape Of Punk To Come (Refused’s seminal album). Both are primarily inspired by the anarchism of Malatesta.”
You don’t have to know your anarchist history to get what ‘Church of Noise’ is about: faith and frequencies, the familiar and the ferocious and most of all, freedom. With its siren-call of bittersweet strings, waving like morning-after battle flags, as well as the raw, chugging live bass and guitar-shards framing vocals that alternate between adrenal caterwaul and spoken-word break-downs (“…It only takes a sound to change the beaten path/It only takes love and courage to take it all back”…), ‘Church of Noise’ is the most ambitious Bloody Beetroots recording to date.
The video, featuring Dennis Lyxzén, is directed by Charlie Lightening, who has worked for Arcade Fire, Primal Scream, Beady Eye and Kasabian
The Bloody Beetroots debut album, Roborama, was a Triple J feature album, peaking at #2 on the Australian iTunes Album Chart. Singles‘Warp’ and ‘Awesome’ made the Beetroots one of Triple J’s most played artists in 2009, with last single ‘Domino’ also gaining high Triple J rotation in 2010.
You can see The Bloody Beetroots perform in Australia this November/December nationally for Stereosonic.