In the 1980's Click Click were at the forefront helping to popularize minimalist melancholy
and depressive atmospheres. 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 early
albums 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/Mini-Album "Skin and Bones". But the wait has been more than worth it: now,
fourteen years after the release of their last full-length album Click Click present a new 7
track EP.
After almost 14 years since the release of their latest album, "Shadowblack", and a couple
of reunions and splits in the between, CLICK CLICK have returned with a brand new EP, "Skin
And Bones". The most characteristic change of the band over the years is that as it seems
they've completely abandoned their minimalistic style. It also seems that the band has
managed to control the levels of experimentation that were so obvious in their previous
album in order to put them in the service and demands of the songs. Last but not least the
band has returned angrier without distancing itself from their themes, either musically or
vocally. Yet they aren't disconnected from their past; you can still find traces of the old
CLICK CLICK in a more EINSTUERZENDE NEUBAUTEN direction.
Of course their influences from the sci-fi are still there but in the case of "Left For
Dead" the feeling that is present is that the song was inspired by the English riots of the
summer past. CLICK CLICK sees the society as bellum omnium contra omnes, a situation that
leads them to have mixed feelings. The states of paranoia, solitude and despair are dominant
in this EP. One of the best songs to be found here, "Damage" explores them musically in a
way that is more closely to what most fans of the band remember. It has to do with the fact
that this song is a remake of the classic song (from the "Party Hate" LP). Another
characteristic song here is "Psychoplasmix (Rats In My Head Remix)" in which almost all of
the above are taking place; the futurism, the paranoia, the striking vocals of Adrian Smith,
minimalism, experimentation, all wrapped up in tremendous amounts of angst.
The new direction of CLICK CLICK is all the more promising since they refused to follow the
guidelines of their own past. This EP puts them once again in the forefront of the
Electronic and Industrial scene.
Tracklist:
1. Rats In My Bed
2. Limb From Limb
3. Damage (Revisited)
4. Left For Dead
5. From Your Mother To The Grave (Damage Remix)
6. Weapon Of Choice (Left For The Dead Remix)
7. Psychoplasmix (Rats In My Bed Remix)
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