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London’s dance-punk trio test plan return to the forefront with their new single and feral music video, Gone. A live favourite and cornerstone of the band’s blistering sets, Gone begins in the angular tension of art rock and post punk before erupting into the chaos of hardcore. It’s a track that moves like a living thing, shifting between coils of anxiety and sudden bursts of cathartic release, bottling the intensity that defines test plan’s live presence.
Alive feedback looms like smog over grinding basslines and relentless drums. The vocals tear through the noise, desperate, and unflinching, pushing the song to its breaking point before cracking open into an unforgettable refrain. It’s a twisted hybrid of post punk, noise rock, and art rock that refuses to be contained.
The accompanying video is their most visceral statement yet. It's a collision of performance art and surrealist dream logic. Directed by the band’s own Max Mason, it sees him drenched in paint, thrashing against a four-walled canvas until his body becomes part of the artwork itself. Clay transforms him into a living sculpture, echoing the ritualistic performances of Olivier de Sagazan. Bassist Rory Dickinson dissects fruit in scenes that nod to Irving Penn’s vivid still lifes, while guitarist Michallis Fragkiadakis spirals through a storm of books and questions, like a figure lost in a Parajanov film.
Gone is test plan at their most alive so far. Their unrestrained style feels positively natural and it's compelling to say the least.
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Cover artwork and video by Max Mason
Band photography by Conner Reilly
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