French Inhaler – “HAUNT YOU”
Chicago post punk outfit, French Inhaler, are leaning hard into the bleak, driving side of the early ’80s on their new track, “HAUNT YOU.” The single is from the band’s Practiced Lines cassette (out now via LittleHEADbutt) and it will be up your alley if you’re into icy synths, driving basslines, and rigid drum machines. Vocalist Ashvin Prakash gives you right around what you’d expect from the title with that brooding, baritone delivery that wears its Interpol/Joy Division influences right on its sleeve. It’s moody without feeling like a vintage carbon copy, keeping a sharp, college radio single in a goth-club atmosphere. For the video, the band teamed up with Chicago composer and dancer Charles Joseph Smith (of Sooper Records), bringing some contemporary choreography into the mix. The record has already been creating a buzz and it’s easy to see why. Check out the video for “HAUNT YOU” below: