catalogue

POP. 1280

PARADISE (SACRED BONES)

POP. 1280 - PARADISE 93151
format:
1 CD
release:
22.01.2016
label:
SACRED BONES
item ID:
93151
barcode:
0616892349648
Paradise builds on 2013's Imps of Perversion LP by venturing further outside of traditional notions of punk, and diving even deeper into outer sounds.

Synthesizers, mechanized drum machines, and samplers play as critical a role on the record as the more familiar squall of Ivan Drip's buzzsaw guitar and Chris Bug's vocals.

Any noise a band member could make that helped contribute to the record's atmosphere of unease was welcome; synth player Allegra Sauvage adds cello to two songs, and drummer/producer Andy Chugg plays trumpet on the title track.

The songs lose none of their primal immediacy through the addition of these new sounds, but the instrumentation lends them a maximalist streak as well.

The sessions for Paradise were held at the Population Control Center, and the result is the most collaborative Pop.

1280 release to date.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. PYRAMIDS ON MARS
  • 1.2. PHANTOM FREIGHTER
  • 1.3. IN SILICO
  • 1.4. CHROMIDIA
  • 1.5. USS ISS
  • 1.6. PARADISE
  • 1.7. RAIN SONG
  • 1.8. THE LAST UNDERTAKER
  • 1.9. KINGDOM COME