Professor Henry Higgins claimed “hurricanes hardly ever happened” in that corner of England, but clearly Hertfordshire didn’t get the memo. With their new single Come Home, Legends of the Seven Golden Vampires stir up a storm of passion strong enough to shake the consonants right out of Eliza Doolittle herself.
Comprising Ilse Van Der Linden on vocals, Nick Foster on guitar and bass, and Luke Barratt on keyboards and programming, Legends of the Seven Golden Vampires are three conspirators coaxing squalls from sequencers and six-strings, turning tidy diction into thunder.
Come Home, their new “cathedral pop” dispatch from the forthcoming The Pumphouse of Broken Dreams, rolls in on a rhythm that jitters with intent. Barratt’s synths spread in luminous sheets while Foster’s guitar slashes and spirals, pouring psychedelic colour across the track with the kind of unbridled charge that suggests Grace Slick, Stevie Nicks, and Jimi Hendrix crashed the same bill and decided rehearsal was optional. Beneath it all hum those unmistakable mid-’80s alternative contours: big-sky chords and romantic voltage, yet LOTSGV tweak and torque the formula, tightening bolts where others might simply bask in retro glow.
At the centre stands Van Der Linden, her voice carrying both yearning and knowing in equal measure. She stretches the chorus into something magnetic, issuing a decree and proclaiming what’s in store.
There’s history under the hood with this number. “The song is a recycled track from a previous project, which I believe never really lived up to its potential,” explains chief songwriter Nick Foster, “but now we’ve added the new vocal from Ilse (Van Der Linden), it’s really come to life and sounds how it was meant to all along.” You can hear that resurrection in the way the track strides forward, confident and newly charged.
Listen to Come Home below:
After a warmly received debut LP in 2024, Legends of the Seven Golden Vampires signal with Come Home that the next chapter aims higher and hits harder. So much for hurricanes hardly ever happening. In Hertfordshire, the forecast now calls for thunder.
Listen to Come Home below and order the single here. The Pumphouse of Broken Dreams comes out later this year via Prank Monkey Records.
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