God’s image: sold like soap, like sodal salvation packaged, printed, and pushed to the desperate, the damned, the dreaming. A brand bold enough to promise purity, to polish souls till they shine, to scrub clean the stains that never truly vanish. Religion: king of commerce, peddler of hope, merchant of meaning – sells the self as symbol, an image to be worshipped, to be wanted. But behind the gloss lies rot. The faithful, hunted by the hunger to be whole, to be saved, chase a ghost down a road that ends in ash. Paper, once pure, is torn, used, discarded. Some eyes, blind with belief, can’t see past salvation.
But Death Drive, thankfully, deals in truth: acceptance, not absolution. Carine Fierobe’s voice cuts like neon lights through glass, and Danny Sanchez commands machines that beat like broken hearts. Together, they tear through illusions, idols, and the brand of belief. What remains? The raw, ragged edge of reality.
The London duo’s latest track, Adrift Haze, spins the story of innocence splintered; of childish hopes dashed against the jagged rocks of unreachable love. Live jams birthed its backbone, a heavily processed vocal sample spiraling through like a ghost in the wires. The result throbs with the same sinister thud and wicked weight as their previous effort, Love Me, but sinks deeper. It’s darker. Dirtier. A track for lost limbs and loosened minds, built for bodies to break beneath strobe lights, for sweat to wash away sorrow. Adrift Haze doesn’t promise solace, but in its crush and clatter, it offers a place to disappear; to dance yourself ragged, raw, and reborn.
Co-produced with Jack Milwaukee, the song didn’t surface smooth or seamless…it was ripped open, unraveled, turned inside out, then pieced back together, each jagged seam echoing its core confession: the breaking of oneself, the gathering of splinters, the slow soldering of shattered parts into something fractured yet functioning. The result is a remarkable dark pop anthem that feels like a fusion of Sugar Cubes-era Bjork with Black Celebration Depeche Mode.
The single comes with an animated minimalist video from Michael Lim and Angela Sound Mirror, which takes us on a surreal drive.
Watch the video for “Adrift Haze” below:
Adrift Haze is out now via Gasolina Recordings. Pre-save on Spotify, or order the single here
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