Corpse Lights – Yuplayaarp // Song Of The Day #357

A few months back I wrote about a fantastic summer party in a New Cross garden. It involved an embryonic Crushed Beaks and a stage shaped like an eagle.

Also playing that afternoon were the much-missed Woe – one of the most entertaining and, for one reason or another, one of the most unfairly overlooked bands in London at the time. Woe, as I understand it, no longer exist. But their untimely demise has given us Corpse Lights – a band that has materialised, without warning, with one of the best releases of the last few months.

‘Yuplayaarp’ is taken from the duo’s debut three-track single. It’s a gripping, fugue-esque track that immediately brings to mind some of the more disturbing hinterlands of the Scandinavian dark-pop scene, played through a filter of unmistakably London production. Perhaps the most obvious comparison, though, is with Soap & Skin. There is the same combination of ecclesiastical arrangement, doctored vocals and fundamentally unsettling atmosphere here as on the Austrian artist’s extraordinary Lovetune for Vacuum.

The full single is available from Corpse Lights’ Bandcamp. Stream ‘Yuplayaarp’ below.

Corpse Lights – Yuplayaarp by The Line Of Best Fit