Copenhagen, Denmark postpunk/darkwave/baggy artist Chopper has released his new single “Living for the Night” and its accompanying video.
The track is the first taste of their forthcoming mini-album ‘Shock Pop Vol. II‘, due out on March 22 via Pink Cotton Candy Records. Grab it here.
Chopper is a dark, danceable and playful post-punk project by Jonatan K. Magnussen (The Love Coffin) feeding on anything from eurodance to glam rock, harsh industrial to post-disco and dark wave (Chopper himself prefers the term “shock pop”). With great charm, diversity and somewhat diabolic undertones, Chopper demands to be included among the unholy (and unwritten) canon of weird, haunting, homeless, lost pop figures of the past and present.
True to its title, “Living for the Night” pays homage to the nightlife—embodying a blend of sleaze, coolness, and melancholy that captures the essence of being young, reckless, and carefree. Imagine the Hacienda club scene transplanted to 1950s Chicago or Las Vegas, infused with emotion and irrepressible audacity, and you start to grasp the essence of the song.
A baggy, dark alternative dance track – Happy Mondays meets Xiu Xiu meets 22 Pistepirkko – “Living for the Night” provides a nostalgic yet contemporary sounding glimpse into the mind of someone resisting the inevitability of aging.
Watch / listen listen below.
