I fear the coldness of machines
They’re building our death,
and our disease
And the world keeps falling apart
The future has been canceled, the world has gone mad, and machines have inherited the asylum, while the kids watch civilization come apart, and the people responsible congratulate themselves on another profitable quarter. Somewhere amid this magnificent technological disaster, Corlyx have found a reason to turn up the guitars and contemplate the prospect of an early grave. Their new single, Die Young, featuring goth rock veteran Mark Gemini Thwaite of The Mission, Tricky, and Peter Murphy, takes the mounting anxieties of an increasingly disposable generation and puts them to work in a gloriously dramatic piece of death pop.
Originally formed in Los Angeles and now operating between the UK and Turin, Corlyx revolve around singer-songwriter Caitlin Stokes, guitarist and producer Brandon Ashley, bassist Davide Rocco, and drummer Flow Toulman. Their music has always enjoyed the theatrical possibilities of despair, and “Die Young” finds them contemplating a society where technological progress and collective extinction appear to be advancing at roughly the same speed.
Stokes sings of machines, manufactured disease, collapsing cities, and children frightened out of their minds by a future that increasingly resembles a particularly unpleasant science-fiction paperback. The repeated cries for help carry an awful implication: everyone is screaming, and nobody has the slightest idea who might come to the rescue. Her delivery moves between weary apprehension and full-throated alarm, giving the chorus the desperate energy of an entire generation discovering that the adults have misplaced the instruction manual.
Thwaite’s guitar playing brings considerable character to the proceedings. Drawing inspiration from John McGeoch, he introduces flamenco-style acoustic flourishes alongside his unmistakable electric guitar work, lending the arrangement an elegant, almost romantic tension. Those intricate touches sit beautifully against Corlyx’s muscular rhythms and sweeping melodies, with the song gathering momentum toward a chorus designed to send a crowded goth club into communal existential crisis.
“When Caitlin invited me to record some guitar ideas…in its demo stage, I was struck by the energy of the song and its post-punk atmosphere,” Thwaite recalls. “Looking forward to hearing it on the dancefloor!”
Directed by Stokes, the accompanying music video intercuts band performances with scenes of protest, ceremonial imagery, and visions of catastrophe drawn from the increasingly apocalyptic state of the modern world.
Watch below:
Released through Out Of Line Music, “Die Young” introduces The Crimson Tapes, Corlyx’s forthcoming 13-track album, due March 19, 2027. Following 2025’s sprawling Purple Pain, the record promises gothic literature, doomed lovers, Frankenstein’s monster, and enough romantic catastrophe to keep a Victorian cemetery fully occupied.
The apocalypse may be coming, but Corlyx have supplied an excellent reason to dance through the preliminary announcements. And with Thwaite aboard, the funeral procession has acquired one hell of a guitarist.
Listen to Die Young below and pre-order The Crimson Tapes here.
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