Tomorrow (May 24) former Golden Silvers frontman Gwilym Gold releases his debut solo single, ‘Flesh Freeze’. This would be fairly commonplace were it not for two facts: firstly, that the song is excellent, a million miles away from his alma mater’s irritating, vaudevillian electro. Chilling piano chords weigh heavily, light drum pads flit throughout, and his voice rings with ghostly softness, chattering softly about disbelief in almost rap-like intonation as if he has to get the words out quickly so that we might all be saved in time. The problem is, the message is jumbled, leading to the second fact: you will never hear this song twice – not the order of the lyrics, nor the introduction, nor the beat or the light sparkle that dances around Gold’s voice.

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