31 July 2024

Photo by Francesca Janes

Band: COSMIC ROOM 99
Who: Italian post-punk trio. Their name was inspired by a documentary called Cosmic Room, which tells the story of NATO employee Bob Cohen accidentally discovering a top-secret plan to eradicate part of the world’s population to maintain Earth’s sustainability. The number 99 in numerology represents someone who uses their gifts to make the
world a better place, encapsulating the band’s ethos.

Influences: A different range of artists and music, including The Velvet Underground, Syd
Barrett’s Pink Floyd, The Beach Boys, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Joy Division, and Bauhaus, all linked by a punk attitude.

Debut single: PLASTIC VENUS

“Everything is fiction, everything is altered, everything is seen
through filters, nowadays even Venus is made out of Plastic”.

TUTV: Be ready for a merciless, post-punk brainbreaker that
thunders fast-forward with all cylinders and all burners on.

CR99’s drummer hits like a hyperkinetic octopus assisted by a blood-curdling bassist, psychotic guitar riffs fly all over the place, synths screech in the back and the singer sounds like he just escaped from the set of the movie based on George Orwell’s ‘1984’ classic.

Doom and gloom everywhere. Everything is fiction, except for
Cosmic Room 99. Their debut LP will hit the streets in October.

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