Not the hardcore band from Cape Cod. The Freeze come from the darker side of the Edinburgh post-punk scene. They formed in 1976 and released this debut 3 song EP, "In Colour" in 1979. This is dark shit. At a first glance The Freeze operates in the same intellectual art-punk arena of the late 70's that bands like Wire dominated. But there is something more that The Freeze have to offer here, and it really develops lyrically. The first revelation should come about a few minutes into "Psychodalek Nightmares". What is this? It sounds like Syd Barrett stepped in somewhere between "Pink Flag" and "Chairs Missing" to record this psychedelic punk weirdness. A few listens will reveal the lyrical content of this EP to be uncomfortably close to home. REALLY GOOD.
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