OOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMGGGGGGGG!!! As perfectly my style of music as it could possibly be! I need to gather my thoughts and write sensible words, because I am fanboying for The Transits and this single Lost Ones.

Right, where to start. Well… they’ve done an eight minute plus video which is visually an 80s/90s New Zealand cinematic-styled series of shots, telling a really cool story that gets pretty gnarly. I won’t give away the plot, but it’s got a couple of great Kiwi actors, Jordan Mooney and Milo Crawford. Directed by Ian Sweeney and filmed by Fish n Clips (see what they did there?), it’s a Thriller-esque concept which runs a dialogue interspersed with the title track. No Vincent Price narrative but extremely cool, and you need to get on YouTube right now and look for it! Go.

The song itself, according to the band’s vocalist/bass player Dom Antelme, describes an “emotional vampire – not the blood-sucking type, but rather the sort that suck the life out of you, draining you. People like this, they waste your time, or use you. This song is about standing your ground and fighting back.”

It’s an absolute monster of a song. Dom, together with his bandmates Ryan Lunn (vocals, guitars, synth) and Tyrone Smith (drums) have delivered a smash that sits astride so many genres it makes me shudder in wonderment. I felt an early 80s New Romantic vibe with the synth start and baritone vocal; Gothic Rock with the enormous chorus, in equal parts sinister and commercial (how on Earth did they manage THAT?), and out and out heavy 80s Glam Metal too somehow. To top it off, the vocal delivery running atop the overall mastered recording put me in mind of some countrymen of mine from when they were in their hit-making prime – Indie legends Feeder.

I am genuinely excited by this release. It’s an homage to the 80s and has captured the vibe and feel, yet it’s so, so 2023. The Rock, Hauraki, the student radio networks, all need to pick this up! TV needs to air the awesome video. This is a classy piece of work. You can enjoy it in audio format alone, in those underground clubs for the pale-hued, made-up yet monochrome children of the night. This will fill the dance floors of those places. It puts me in mind of the mid 90s, in London’s Camden Town. Friday night at the Electric Ballroom. The Dark 80s people and their Gothic soulmates arose and populated the venue. This song would have been an anthem for that time. I had burgundy coloured hair at the time.

If this sort of description fills you with curiosity, check this song out. This is my style!