{"id":6541,"date":"2026-08-03T17:07:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/?p=6541"},"modified":"2026-08-03T17:07:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:07:17","slug":"the-wild-side-cold-as-ice-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/the-wild-side-cold-as-ice-7\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wild Side – Cold As Ice 7”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I dunno what it is about 1981, but most of my favorite DIY post-punk records from the UK (or anywhere else really) come exclusively<\/em> from this year. Must have been something in the water.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I’ve had this single for a while now, but just getting around to posting it. No, the a-side is not a cover of the stone-cold killer 1977 track by everyone’s favorite butt-rock band Foreigner, but is instead a jangly, frenetic, piano, guitar, and feedback driven post-punk track that is as catchy as it is chaotic, devolving into madness at the end. You have a great duality, with the gloomy male vocal driving the verses and an icy female vocal singing the chorus. The b-side is a really special track as well, extremely moody even when it picks up pace for a moment.<\/p>\n

Definitely lots to love here for fans of I’m So Hollow, Factory Records, Modern Eon, Living Links, The Flowers, and all the other DIY post-punk bands from that era. This is their only release, and there’s not much info about the band, but perhaps someone out there can fill in the gaps…<\/p>\n

Otherwise, enjoy!<\/p>\n

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The Wild Side – Cold As Ice<\/em> 7”
\n1. Cold As Ice
\n2. Tell Me Why<\/p>\n

*download it here<\/a>*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I dunno what it is about 1981, but most of my favorite DIY post-punk records from the UK (or anywhere else really) come exclusively from this year. Must have been something in the water. Anyway, I’ve had this single for a while now, but just getting around to posting it. No, the a-side is not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,108,19,1018],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1980s","category-108","category-post-punk","category-the-wild-side"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6541"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6544,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6541\/revisions\/6544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}