Carpenter Brut has released the new single ‘Speed Or Perish’, the latest song to be taken from his forthcoming album Leather Temple out February 27th via No Quarter Prod / Virgin Records.
Leather Temple is the third and final album in the Leather trilogy from the French synthwave icon. The Leather Temple stands at the centre of Midwichpolis, a post-apocalyptic city risen from nuclear fallout which is the beating heart of the forthcoming album.
‘Speed Or Perish’ captures the sound of the Midwichpolis arena, which shakes with the roar of the crowd who are witnessing several teams war machines set to destroy one another in a life or death race, driven by propulsive synths, electro stomp, heavy riffs and dramatic electronics.
The video – written & directed by Seth Ickerman and produced by No Quarter Prod – captures the highspeed bloodbath, it’s brutal and relentless, as blades, gunfire, and collisions tear one another apart.
Leather Temple dives into a raw, rhythmic, and restless energy, with each track working like a condensed charge. More cinematic and orchestral, yet also more direct, the album distils a saturated 90s electro atmosphere — dark and unflinching — driven by sharp beats, distorted layers, and unrelenting tension.
The Leather series launched in 2018 with Leather Teeth, which was in parts a celebratory take on ‘80s glam rock, while the 2022 follow-up Leather Terror was an altogether more malevolent slasher-horror affair, telling the story of Bret Halford, a serial killer wreaking revenge on those who wronged him. Like its predecessors, the new album forms the soundtrack in the latest chapter of this filmic concept.
Short but intense, Leather Temple hits fast and hard. It doesn’t take time to explain — it acts. Each track feels like a scene, a shot, a chase. A soundtrack seemingly designed to make the neon lights flicker, speed up the heartbeat, and set the engines of a collapsing world roaring.
LEATHER TEMPLE TRACK LISTING
Ouverture (Deus Ex Machina)
Major Threat
Leather Temple
She Rules The Ruins
Start Your Engines
Neon Requiem
Iron Sanctuary
The Misfits The Rebels
Speed or Perish
The End Complete