LOOK COOL DEAD

Drew Linehan's career as a songwriter took him from roaring youthful punk groups to Hausu's oddity outfit Repeater, to behind the boards on bedroom pop heights with Arthur Valentine. Throughout this tour of projects, his sound has leapt wildly from genre to genre, but the same core influences remain - the aesthetics and songwriting style of 90s alternative rock, and the bold, beat-driven production of modern hip-hop and electronic music. Automatic Blue's forthcoming album LOOK COOL DEAD (September 24, on Hausu) is the full realisation of this: it sounds like the spirit of Fearghal McKee being summoned through some arcane cracked VST in Ableton Live.