Le Mal “Red Maple Door” (2024)

A glowing red door on a dark background with "Le Mal" written above and "Red Maple Door" written below

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Well shit. I’m really digging this Christmas-timed post-punk song by Phoenix’s Le Mal. (Thanks to Joe for sending it my way!) I want to write something interesting about this song, but the more I read the post over at post-punk.com, the less I feel I can add anything to the conversation. Their description has me fucking jealous. “The track’s pulse feels like a heartbeat trapped in glass — tense, insistent, and strangely devotional.” Dammit. Not only am I not going to try to top, or even converse with that… I am going to send you directly over there to read Alice Teeple’s piece. She did a wonderful job breaking this song and video down.

See you later!

Bottom Line: A bloody post-punk Christmas tableau.

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