“I’m in love with the pain,” Mimi Barks told Kerrang! a full seven months ago, as she unveiled the bold roadmap to long-awaited first album THIS IS DOOM TRAP. “I’m in love with my broken heart.” Little did we know the metamorphosis that infatuation with agony would bring about. Echoes of sadomasochistic punishment have always throbbed through Mimi’s music, calling back to her sweaty genesis in Berlin’s underground club scene. The steely edge of London’s warehouse district, her home for the past few years, cleaved off any lingering gristle from a rapidly-evolving sound. The 13 songs of TIDT are the culmination of a more profound journey, however, into the darkness of her deepest self to reconcile with – or at least take back control from – the demons swirling withi...