NewsApril 20, 2017 1:20 PM ET3,092 views

ex-Coliseum frontman resurfaces with Fotocrime

Official press release: After spending over a decade as the singer-guitarist of Coliseum, Ryan Patterson has reemerged under the abbreviated pseudonym R.Pattern and with his bewitching new post-punk outfit Fotocrime. Today, you can stream the title track off Fotocrime's forthcoming EP Always Hell via Impose Magazine.
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Crafted alongside longtime collaborator J. Robbins at Robbins' Magpie Cage Studio, Pattern's first release as Fotocrime is a menagerie of trenching riffs and synth-driven melodies, all preaching in a darkness that is both inescapable and spellbinding. "Always Hell" introduces Fotocrime's sonic tenets at full force— staunch, battle hymn drums, lush keyboards, driving bass, single-note guitar work, and Pattern's unmistakable drawl. At his most lyrically malevolent yet, Pattern pooled inspiration for the EP from cloak- and-dagger crime fiction, dark Rockabilly crooners, and Technicolor melodrama. With an arsenal of analog synths, drum machines and his signature guitar sounds, Pattern breathes sinister new life into Cold War paranoia, modern-day malaise and smoky noir. Always Hell will be released on May 12 - more news coming soon.

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anonymous 4/21/2017 10:41:17 AM

Come on, Ryan. Just fade away gracefully. It's much better to be remembered in your prime than as something less than stellar.




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