Although I posted two other songs by Red Wire Black Wire back in September, ever since I've felt like I haven't done enough to plug them into your ears. I even included this song on the Drifted Away playlist (so you can download this song in that pack if you want), but now I feel like I must post it here, because it is a damn good song.

Red Wire Black Wire recently released a free 3 track EP thing featuring one of their other really good songs, "Breathing Fire", as well as a remix of that song and another b-side track about finding romance after the apocalypse whose lyrics are so embarrassingly high school that I felt kind of embarrassed for myself, everyone around me, the singer, and the band when I heard it for the first time. Your mileage may vary, but you're guaranteed at least one good song out of three.

Their album, Robots & Roses is kind of similar. For every cheeky William Blake reference (there's a song called "William Blake") there's a lyric that is somewhat embarrassing, like, "I wave my tentacles at the moon," which I actually like a lot but really, tentacles? Like a piece of deviantart artwork? Or there's the whole "Robots & Roses" motif... but luckily underneath it all there's a full band masterfully tweaking synthesizers and strumming away on guitars and that makes the music bearable during those few lyrically polarizing moments.

My fandom of Red Wire Black Wire is obviously not super strong, but I still think they're awesome and more people should like them. I will excitedly listen to any sophomore release because if they avoid that notorious slump, there could be some awesome shit on that record.