Click Click - Those Nervous Surgeons (Dependent Records)
Tracklist CD 1: 01. Passenger 02. Man in a Suit 03. Lock Them Up 04. Rats In My Bed (Version) 05. Factory 06. What Do You Want 07. The Warminster Detective 08. Burn 09. Drone 10. Keep Us Out of the Way
CD 2: 01. The Factory of Life (the first 6 Minutes) 02. Captain Black 03. Passenger (Demo) 04. Keep Us Out of the Way (Demo) 05. Burn (Demo) 06. Man in a Suit (Demo) 07. Lock 'Em Up (Demo) 08. Naudia 09. The Factory of Life (the last 8 Minutes)
Press Release The band appeared to be dead, but the cult lived on: 17 years have passed since "Shadowblack", Click Click's most "recent" studio album. In the meantime, the English duo, comprised of the brothers Adrian K. and Derek Smith, completely disappeared from view. This did not keep fans from raising high collectors' prices for the largely out-of-print back catalogue of the band, however, because Click Click have established and still represent a uniquely stark sound characterised by an organic frailty and depth, albeit produced electronically for the most part. It was only in 2010 when the brothers suddenly returned with a back catalogue album, notably titled "Lung Function", via Dependent. Furthermore, the band played a couple of live shows which proved that they are indeed still capable of giving a striking stage impression. In 2011, they followed up with the EP "Skin & Bones" featuring "Rats In My Bed", a cult song which had been unavailable for a long time. Finally now, Click Click are going to release "Those Nervous Surgeons", their first album with new studio material in 17 years. The title used to be the name of the brothers' very first band project before they opted for the monicker Click Click. "We have come full circle", explains Derek Smith, and it is true: With respect to its instrumentation, the album sounds absolutely retro and harks back to the uniquely gloomy atmosphere as heard on old Click Click albums. Apart from solemn tracks like "Factory" or the inten...
Tracklist 01. Rats in My Bed 02. Limb from Limb 03. Damage 04. Left for Dead 05. From Your Mother to the Grave [Damage Remix] 06. Weapon of Choice [Left for Dead Remix] 07. Psychoplasmix [Rats in My Bed Remix]
Press Release Like an electronic version of Joy Division, Click Click were at the forefront helping to popularize minimalist melancholy and depressive atmospheres in the 1980s. By the end of that decade, the English duo of brothers Derek and Adrian Smith had released three fantastic and groundbreaking albums and four singles, including EBM classics like “Sweet Stuff” and “I Rage I Melt”, which found a rabid cult audience in as well as beyond the electronic scene. (Even today, CD copies of their earlyalbums never trade for less than 60 Euros on eBay.) In the summer of 2008, Click Click caused a sensation with the announcement that they would be making their back catalog available digitally and were returning to live performance. After a number of nearly sold-out club shows the following year, it was clear that the Click Click sound was as popular as ever and fans were eager for new material. It took Click Click another year and a half to prepare their new EP “Skin and Bones”. But the wait has been more than worth it: now, fourteen years after the release of their last full-length album “Shadowblack”, Click Click present a new 7 track EP consisting of nearly all new material (only “Damage” has been previously released elsewhere, but is featured here in a completely new version). In contrast to the more experimental “Shadowblack” the new release includes genuine songs, all featuring Adrian Smith’s charismatic voice. An incredibly intense, dark, atmospheric release, enriched by Smith’s incomparably fragile yet aggressive vocals which were and are the thrilling trademark of Click Click. Eschewing hard, loud and overproduced for a simple, essential, urban intensity, this is electronic music for those who are willing and able to read between the lines.