SPILL VIDEO PREMIERE: NOIR ADDICTION – “SERVE ME SOME CRIME”

NOIR ADDICTION – “SERVE ME SOME CRIME”

A SPILL EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE

If order is overrated and routine feels like a trap, European alt-rock post-punk outfit Noir Addiction have the perfect antidote. Their latest single “Serve Me Some Crime” invites you to lean into the chaos, the video (directed & edited by Jack Lucas Laugeni) bring that mischief to the fore in a larger-than-life way

Noir Addiction is Sonny Lanegan, who handles vocals, guitars, synthesizers, and programming, drummer Roberto Catanzaro and Nessie Zorba on keyboards and percussion. A seasoned musician and producer, Lanegan cut his teeth in Los Angeles’s high-octane music scene, where he honed his experimental style as singer-songwriter for White Pulp and co-founder of The Dead Good.

Noir Addiction lands with a deliberate sneer, positioning itself somewhere between industrial grit and sardonic self-awareness. Drawing clear lineage from acts like Nine Inch Nails and Depeche Mode, Noir Addiction doesn’t just imitate its influences—it refracts them through a modern lens of irony and controlled chaos. From the opening moments, there’s a sense that this is not only a song, but also a mood: one that is restless, slightly unhinged, and entirely uninterested in playing by the rules.

Sonically, the band leans hard into contrast. Distorted guitars grind against sleek electronic textures, while the rhythm section keeps everything tethered just enough to avoid collapse. Sonny Lanegan’s vocal performance is key here—cool and taunting on the surface, but with an undercurrent of agitation that never quite settles. Fans of Marilyn Manson or A Perfect Circle will recognize that push-and-pull between polish and provocation, where restraint becomes just as expressive as release.

Lyrically, the track thrives on contradiction. It toys with the idea of “crime” not as literal rebellion, but as a metaphor for breaking free from social scripts and self-imposed expectations. There’s humor here, but it’s barbed—lines feel like they’re smirking even as they unravel something more uncomfortable underneath. Lanegan’s writing captures that familiar tension between wanting to maintain composure and wanting to burn it all down, giving the song a psychological edge that elevates it beyond standard alt-rock fare.

The lead offering from the Pretty Things Don’t Last album, coming via Berlin’s Soulpunx, an independent label and media production house founded by music producer and film composer Konstantin Dellos, Noir Addiction have effectively served up an effective statement of intent. Not chasing catharsis in the traditional sense, the band is instead embracing messiness, contradiction, and a kind of theatrical instability. The result is a track that feels alive in its imperfections, simmering rather than exploding, and ultimately leaving a lingering sense that the band’s most compelling work may still be ahead of them.

Frontman Sonny Lanegan shares:

“Serve Me Some Crime” started from a really simple feeling: sometimes life gets too serious. Too structured. Too polite. The word “crime” in the song isn’t literal it’s more about breaking small, invisible rules. It’s about those moments when you don’t want to behave exactly how you’re expected to. A regular Sunday can feel predictable, almost scripted, and the song plays with the idea of shaking that up adding a bit of danger, irony, or mischief to something ordinary.

At its core, the song is about freedom not the peaceful, inspirational kind, but the messy kind. The kind where you allow yourself to be contradictory, to not have it all figured out, to embrace a bit of chaos instead of pretending you’re always in control. It’s me saying: if life insists on being absurd, I might as well play along.

There’s a lot of contradiction in the lyrics on purpose. Lines like “I don’t need forgiveness right now” or “I wear the joke to fight” reflect that push and pull between being sincere and hiding behind humor. I think many of us do that… we joke when things get uncomfortable, we act cool instead of saying what we really feel. The song lives in that space. Writing it felt like letting myself misbehave creatively. I didn’t overthink it, I followed the impulses that felt a little reckless. The lyrics came out in bursts, almost like I was arguing with myself. There’s tension in the song because that’s how I felt: torn between wanting to stay composed and wanting to blow everything up.

When we recorded it, I wanted that tension to stay alive. We didn’t polish away the edges. The vocals needed attitude something slightly provocative, almost teasing. I wanted the track to feel cool but restless at the same time, like there’s something simmering underneath.  We played with that contrast between restraint and release, keeping it tight in some moments and then letting it loosen just enough to feel unpredictable. That balance is really what gives the song its character”.

“Serve Me Some Crime” can be found on digital platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp. The Pretty Things Don’t Last album will be released on July 16th.

CREDITS

Music & Lyrics by Sonny Lanegan
Sonny Lanegan – vocals, guitars, synthesizers & programming
Nessie Zorba – keyboards & percussions
Roberto Catanzaro – drums
Engineered, Mixed & Mastered by Damiano Paoloni
Produced by Sonny Lanegan
Recorded at Sound Distillery (Italy)
Video directed & edited by Jack Lucas Laugeni
Cover artwork model – Rozigr
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR
Band photos by Valerio Fanelli

While you are here, you can also enjoy the band’s latest album and video from 2025:

Noir Addiction
[Single]
(SoulPunx Records)
Release Date:

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