On paper it makes total sense, yet somehow the news that Cold Wave curator and artiste, Curses, was teaming up with the legendary Italians Do It Better still had us a little gagged.

The Berlin-based post-punk provocateur recently dropped gorgeous new single, ‘Elegant Death‘ produced by IDIB’s Johnny Jewel.

On the new track, Curses said: “Elegant death. Death has a looming, dark reputation, it’s always there, but embracing the elegance in its romantic ceremony, and aesthetic of funerals in Italy is something that has always captured me. Especially being raised half Italian between NYC and Sicily.  There is a beauty in the legacy of a person’s story that death leaves behind. The power of a new chapter, shedding old skin to discover a new.

In the last few years, I’ve had to face the reality that all of us eventually die. I’ve lost many friends, family members have passed, and overcoming the fear of death has allowed me to appreciate the present, the importance of now, creating life memories through music, to be remembered beyond when that time comes to eventually say goodbye.”