Cosmic Room 99 – Cosmic Room 99 (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Shyrec / Little Cloud Records / Sister 9 Recordings)
This new Italian band features two members of Kill Your Boyfriend alongside the former guitarist of New Candys. Their debut album presents a fusion of diverse influences, ultimately landing somewhere between Industrial music and a blend of electronic instrumentation boosted by guitars. While the overall sound leans toward the Experimental and occasionally lacks cohesion, there are standout moments with more structured tracks that verge on Industrial Pop -these are the highlights for me. Cosmic Room 99 clearly strives to carve out its own identity, but the lack of conhesion prevents it from being a fully realized success. That said, this is only their debut, and it shows promising potential for future growth. (Rating:7).
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About Cosmic Room 99
Cosmic Room 99 is an Italian trio formed in 2022 by Antonio Angeli and Matteo Scarpa, both known from Kill Your Boyfriend, together with Diego Menegaldo, the former guitarist of New Candys. The band mixes post-punk, shoegaze, and krautrock, and all three members sing.
The trio released its self-titled debut album at the end of 2024 on Shyrec, Little Cloud Records, and Sister 9 Recordings, on digital, CD, and vinyl. The album track “Plastic Venus” received an official video, and the band earned a spot on the BBC Radio 6 program curated by Iggy Pop. In a 2025 Side-Line interview the members described the album as a meeting of their different musical worlds, with the writing shared by all three musicians.
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