The Spikes let the scuzz slither and the rhythm salivate in Weapons for the Kids, a single that dropped with a visceral music video a 12 months in the past and hits simply as laborious at present with its garagey nods to psychobilly in its Cramps-y reminiscences, tempered by an indie post-punk slick stylistic monochromatics and echoes of Jim Morrison.
For those who’re nonetheless mourning the lack of Eighties Matchbox B-Line Catastrophe and The Jim Jones Revue, Weapons for the Kids has the entire sardonic snarls, salaciously serpentine rhythms, and devil-may-care antagonism to set you proper. Weapons for the Kids proves that subversion is a much better weapon than preaching within the vein of Bono within the useless try of fixing the world whereas elevating your profile; Weapons for the Kids holds a mirror as much as the societal rot that’s tearing its approach by the material of our desiccated actuality.
The person behind the menace, Iago Haussman, is not any stranger to channelling unrest into visceral varieties. A multidisciplinary artist born in Rome and now splitting time between Berlin and New York, Haussman crafts with a cinematic sensibility formed by a childhood spent on movie units. By way of The Spikes, he transposes that grit into his art-punk poetry and monochrome sonic theatre. As he prepares to launch a full album in 2026, he’s already pulling the thread tighter with extra singles deliberate for this summer time.
Weapons for the Kids is now obtainable on all main streaming platforms; watch the video on YouTube.
Evaluate by Amelia Vandergast
