Wargasm cannon through the tail end of their Club Shit tour with a rip-roaring two-song drop. Circle Pit and Bad Seed impacted last night, fired by Sam Matlock and Milkie Way, the king and queen of irreverent violence. The songs are dropped in the same video back to back but with entirely different, whiplash-inducing vibes.
A cheeky opening riff kicks off the first verse of Circle Pit, a smirking, misanthropic track. The pair stand like new-age cowboys on an abandoned road, golden hour light illuminating them. Milkie’s rocking her ‘underwear as outerwear’ vibes (Jacket and neckerchief giving kinda Milkybar kid feels). Sam a star jumper with heart shaped glasses. What a look, continuing Wargasm’s refreshing break from Metal’s obsession with seriousness.
“BREAK OUT THE BOOZE I GOT SOME BAD NEWS,” Sam roars as the pair are surrounded by bikers, screaming around them as they dive into the chorus.
It is a turn-on, tune-in, drop-out, a call for a generation ruined by the fuckers that did that the first time. After all, “It doesn’t get better, at least we’re all in this together. I’m gonna stand here and scream till you fucking get it.”
There’s a theme running through these tracks in that they lean heavily into Americana. The outfits in the video and the vibe of the track is a heady mix of the Warriors and Pulp Fiction with a dose of classic Wargasm playful cynicism. After all, “Why play the game when we could be running in the circle pit.”
I am happy to join them in the pit for this one. I reckon it’s gonna be a regular. More Milkie singing in Japanese, please. That is fuckin awesome. 
If Circle Pit was Pulp Fiction, Bad Seed is The Hills Have Eyes. The pair are caked in chalky white makeup, looking utterly alien in an equally stark red and white landscape.
The song is a threat from one of the first lines: “You took a swing and missed, now you deserve this.”
Musically, it’s a classic Wargasm sound with rapid changes in tempo and tone that is defiant in its chugging bass backing high-pitched tremolo guitars. It lends a sense of suspense to the track.
Snaps of fisheye lens close-ups of the band reinforce the sense of the uncanny valley. Later, the scene switches to red caves with Sam crawling through disorientating strobes towards the camera like some creature from The Descent.
The song is cut through with the line, “I’ll be there just running and gunning and running.” That’s the message: no matter what, who their enemy is, they are not going to stop. They are coming for them, and they are gonna “Use a scalpel to start but a buzzsaw to finish.” Yeesh, gory.
Yea, defiantly a threat.
Three singles so far this year, including their collab with Corey Taylor on 70% Dead. New album on the way? Let’s fucking hope so.
Circle Pit and Bad Seed are available from here. Wargasm bring Club Shit to the UK from 5 November 2024. Tickets are available from here.
