Zombie Zombie A Land For Renegades

• Words: Taryn Harrington
• Label: Versatile
• XLR8R Rating: /10

Combining a love for cult films (this duo met at a retrospective for Italian director Dario Argento) and a passion for music, Zombie Zombie evokes a French Krautrock explosion. The debut, A Land For Renegades, clearly gives props to German progpers like Can and Neu!, but they imbue their sounds with spine-tingling electronic beats, the type that Italians Do It Better would approve of. Opener “Driving the Road Until Death Sets You Free” sets the tone with its monstrous synthesizers, but things get increasingly more sophisticated with “What’s Happening In the City” and the John Carpenter-inspired “When I Scream You Scream.” All in all, this is a futuristic journey of epic proportions, sometimes scary but always engaging.