Swedish-born, London based three-piece Junodef share their gripping new single ‘Diane’s Robot’, out now.

Opening with a haunting guitar melody, ‘Diane’s Robot’ is quintessentially Junodef. Naming artists like PJ Harvey, Warpaint and Slowdive as their main influences, the track reaches further experimental heights with distorted vocals in the chorus, creating an eerie human-robot duet, reminiscent of Joy Division and Chapel Club. The track was recorded with legendary metal producer Russ Russell (Napalm Death, At The Gates) in Parlour Studios in Kettering for an added layer of darkness.

Speaking of the track, the band say, “The song was written by Tyra at home on her crappy, out of tune upright piano and started off as a soft piano ballad. She then started experimenting with pitching some of the vocals and using the dark, robot-like voice to accentuate the lyrics and create some kind of eerie human-robot duet. She then added the heavy synth bass to enhance the electronic feel of the song. Karin replaced the piano with guitar and Norea added the marching drums and suddenly the song was in a completely new place.

“The lyrics are about being very young and overwhelmed by things, people and feelings you don’t yet have the tools to handle. The pitched voice (robot voice) was created with the intention of giving the feeling that there’s a conversation going on with someone from the past.”