Nots goes darkwave in the alternate version of “Cold Line”
For years Goner Records has chronicled Memphis’ garage and punk scenes, bringing the world the likes of Jay Reatard and King Khan & BBQ Show in the process. One of the city’s recent exports is Nots, a band that’s released a bevy of 7-inches and the powerful full-length, We Are Nots. Goner will release the band’s sophomore album, Cosmetic, on September 9, which sees the band pushing its sound into spacey new directions. Along with that comes a 7-inch that reinvents one of the album’s tracks into a borderline darkwave affair. The A.V. Club is streaming the drum machine-laden alternate take of “Cold Line” below, which forgoes the propulsive energy of the Cosmetic version for a bleak goth song that shows Nots could totally shift direction and still be wildly exciting.