Colossal Spin

One of the best piano outro solos EVER played… is on this song (we think). 

Another “WTF” moment from our post-metal Duelling Suzis phase that totally helps to destroy our industrial street cred. But whatever. It’s a great little tune we think: full of nice lo-fi acoustic guitars, ethereal pianos and minimal construction. And let’s not forget a chorus that goes “Naaaa, na, na.” Seriously? Hells yes!

It doesn’t get any more vintage than this! “Believe” is one of the first songs Zurich wrote. Ever. It was way back in 92 or 3 in his parent’s basement in Lancaster County, PA.

His approach would set his style lyrically and thematically, as well as shape his vocal approach to come—that deep Peter Murphy rasp started in an earlier version of this track. The song definitely has an 80’s/Goth vibe to it, especially the two-minute “Lost Boys”-esque intro. Sure, it sounds long now, but listen and get lost in the ambience: it’s totally worth it. Colossal Spin would eventually add this song to their live set for a few shows where it became a fan favorite.

This song screams industrial metal totally tweaked out on high-speed crank. We throw it all at you on this one—grinding 303 bass, crunchy Marshall stacks, echo pianos, falsetto dream vocals, sped-up breakbeats, power drums, reverbs as big as the universe.

From the 2000 Dueling Suzis album, we now find it funny that this track was first released on Mp3.com in the heady days of Napster, considering that one of its main lyric refrains is “You just want something, something free”. Ah yes, we all certainly do, don’t we?

Hey, now here’s a song with a message and IT FUCKING ROCKS. This kick-ass thick groove was a favorite in the live set for the obvious head-banging reasons. And there’s a piano.

This version was pulled off of a cassette tape, so sorry for the bad quality. It’s all we had left after the studio we recorded this at went under and jettisoned our source tapes before the song could be properly mixed. But at least we had this rough mix on cassette floating around. Bummer.

“A message?” you say. Why yes, it does. Figure it out. Or not. This was another rapid write—not quite as fast as Ultraviolet, but close. Zurich crafted the basics in an afternoon.

On this particular track is the killer drum stylings of Bobby Rae Mayhem. Hey Bobby, if you’re out there give us a call. We want our groove back.

This odd little track was recorded in 2000 but never released. So we guess it’s NEW MATERIAL! Originally slated for the Duelling Suzis album, this song was among five or six that were cut because they didn’t fit thematically with the album. Ha! Like albums matter any more. Man were we stupid…

Still, the tone of this track was quite different from anything we had released before, and we really weren’t quite sure what to do with it. A bit of David Bowie-style vocals, a bit of -gasp!- pop influence, a bit of rock, a bit of screaming guitars… what the hell is this thing? So, after a decade of sitting on a hard drive in obscurity, now we share this with you. 

Lyrically, this song it pretty damn interesting. Take a listen and see if you can untangle the madness. 

Let us know what you think about this one: weird, cool, stupid, all-of-the-above?