When Warm Gadget rolled out of sleepy Bend, Oregon back in 2009, Tim Vester and Colten Williams seemed less like rockers and more like grease-stained mechanics building songs from busted engine parts. Picture sparks flying in a garage, where ideas collide in rhythmic clanks, guitars humming like diesel engines, and synths buzzing nervously beneath the surface. Albums like Brides, Hollowmas III, and Rituals set their stage, but their latest record, Sorrows (2024, Re:Mission Entertainment), fully pushes the accelerator to the floor.
At the heart of Sorrows roars the maxi-single Debutante, a blistering number beefed up by none other than Helmet’s own guitar heavyweight, Page Hamilton. Hamilton (born in Portland, schooled in jazz at Manhattan’s musical institutions, sharpened by Glenn Branca’s avant-garde guitar orchestras and Band of Susans) is best known as the architect behind Helmet’s tight, angular riffage. Here, though, Hamilton steps into looser, heavier boots, channeling thick thrash reminiscent of Metallica’s golden years, the edge of NIN, and sludgy weight straight from Melvins’ murky playbook. His riffs land like controlled explosions, giving Warm Gadget’s machine-driven sound a muscular new depth.
The surreal video for Debutante feels like flipping channels through late-night TV static: strange Regency-era dancers glide by, cryptic symbols flash, and nature scenes blur into dreamy visions. It’s weird, oddly playful, and hypnotically off-kilter.
With Hamilton’s fingerprints all over the machinery, Warm Gadget confidently revs their engines louder than ever. It’s industrial rock souped-up, metallic-edged, and unapologetically massive…the kind of music built to shake both the speakers and your downstairs neighbors, delivering riffs so heavy they’ll smile even while dialing in noise complaints.
Watch the video for “Debutante” below:
But Warm Gadget didn’t just stop there. Debutante’s maxi single release comes stacked with remixes from their Re:Mission label-mates Divider, Ex-Hyena, Frontal Boundary, and Fact Pattern, who each carve, stretch, and reshape the original into entirely new beasts. Think of it like your favorite leather jacket transformed four ways: studded, shredded, stitched up again, and somehow even cooler than before.
Crank your speakers up to eleven and listen to the full Maxi-single via Spotify below:
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