It seems like forever, but it really isn’t… forever, that is, since word first started percolating about a new album from THE BRAINS.  

How it was one of the loudest, loosest and, therefore, loveliest records they’ve ever made. How the turbulent trio of Rene De La Muerte, drummer txernobilly and bassist Bruno Malo aren’t simply storming the barricades, they’re building new ones simply so they can knock ‘em down again.

In other words, it’s classic Brains meet modern horrors, all incendiary guitar riffs, heart attack percussion, batshit bass and the most gorgeously ghoulish punk rock attitude!  Two singles have already set the scene for the main course, “Evil” and “Feel No Pain.”  Now prepare yourself for “Darkness,” “Candy Apple Red,” and the rest of this 12 song horror show, because if you don’t pick it up yourself, it’ll probably reach in and grab you instead.

And if you don’t believe us, catch the graveyard garage fury of The Brains’ new video, crushing the new album’s “Crazy Monsters” title track with spooky contact lenses, glamorous companions, and a quick march through one of London’s most atmospheric cemeteries, the Highgate, north London resting place of Karl Marx, Malcolm McLaren, Douglas Adams and more.

Plus, of course, the lair of the legendary Highgate Vampire.

Not to mention Professor David Edward Hughes, the late Victorian inventor of the telephone microphone, and the man who discovered wireless waves years before Marconi grabbed all the credit.  The good professor’s ornate family vault is one of the many hidden treasures of the cemetery, and it is truly a costar in the “Crazy Monsters” video.

“Highgate Cemetery captivated the intro and outro with its beautiful esthetics, and great history,” says Rene. “The other scene was filmed in a reputable dungeon in London, as well. 

 “We also ended up having the luck to snap the album cover during the filming by none other than the great photographer David Hindley.”

It’s a glorious video, stygian glamor in a vivacious void, with the band (and friends) clinging like ivy to thunderous rhythms, dementoid riffola and a melody that digs so deep inside your mind that who knows what will crawl out of there.

Who’s the crazy monster now?

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The demonic drip drip drip of fresh Brains damage continues to resonate as their upcoming Crazy Monster album inches closer to freedom.  

“One More Time” is the latest single to spin off what has already been ranked among the Canadian psycho-punks’s most shattering achievements yet, an album that kicks off with sonic savagery and just gets wilder from there.

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Accompanied by a frantic video shot in London’s Camden Town, and littered with everything from celebrated nightspots, unexpected bar fights and lashings of pizza, “One More Time” is blisteringly fast, mach 10 ferocity pinned to a rhythm that could raze cities – and it’s as catchy as cooties, too.  

Which is no surprise.  The Brains have never been afraid of melding melody and hooks to their supercharged roar and, hitting the streets on July 4, Crazy Monster is Rene De La Muerte, drummer txernobilly and bassist Bruno Malo storming a host of fresh barricades.  Classic Brains meet modern horrors, all incendiary guitar riffs, heart attack percussion, batshit bass and the more gorgeously ghoulish punk rock attitude!

You’ve already heard “Evil” and “Feel No Pain,” the first singles from the album… you’re already primed for  “Darkness,” “Candy Apple Red,” and the rest of this 12 song horror show.  

And still “One More Time” will take you by surprise, drag you down the street, and pound you till you beg for more. 

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Track listing

1. Evil
2. One More Time
3. Feel No Pain
4. Crazy Monster
5. Candy Apple Red
6. Darkness
7. Let’s Go
8. Shakey Queen
9. Never More
10. Skeleton Kiss
11. Hollywood
12. The Blood Is Warm

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Psychosonic gothapunkabilly freakoid noise merchants The Brains are on their way back from beyond with what might be their wildest album yet – their ninth altogether, and their second for Cleopatra Records… unless you wanna count last year’s Friends & Zombified Antics remix collection. Which, of course, you should.  

Because the only thing better than listening to primal Lemmy, Dead Boys and the mighty Mitch Ryder is listening to what happens when the Brains get behind the remix desk.

But that was then and this is now, and if Crazy Monster isn’t set to become the most scarifying soundstorm you’ve been chased round the house by this year, then you probably need new ears.  

Storming the streets on July 4, Crazy Monster is Rene De La Muerte, Colin the Dead and Gui Kitty hitting what even they agree are fresh extremes, classic Brains meet modern horrors, all incendiary guitar riffs, heart attack rhythm and ghoulish punk rock attitude!

You’ve already heard “Evil,” the first single from the album… you’re already primed for  “Darkness,” “Candy Apple Red,” and the rest of this 12 song horror show.  

Just to get you even more in the mood, though, here’s “Feel The Pain,” the band’s new single and their latest, breathless, video as well.  And if you want to know what to expect, here’s Rene’s take on it.

“An undead nation with my favorite ghouls, this song was a blast to write!!! Getting back to old school Brains songs… I feel no pain!”

There’s really not much to be added to that!

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“Crazy Monster” Track listing:

1. Evil
2. One More Time
3. Feel No Pain
4. Crazy Monster
5. Candy Apple Red
6. Darkness
7. Let’s Go
8. Shakey Queen
9. Never More
10. Skeleton Kiss
11. Hollywood
12. The Blood Is Warm