The Coldest Lake in Minnesota is the lead single from the third album by the Los Angeles-based metallic punk band Ass Life. Compared to most of their earlier work, which tended to meet the definition of chaotic hardcore punk, the song exhibits a more structured, direct, and melodic approach.
The new song takes on a moody and imposing emotional profile, with a more nervy post punk framework and a hardcore punk demeanor, and as it introduces a different direction for the band, its nearly genre-mixing character fits the group's nerviness markedly.
Enthusiasts of a more industrial-bent post punk sound, like that of Killing Joke, should take note of Ass Life's new vision, and crank up the volume on this one.
Ass Life Bandcamp | Spotify | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
ZR