The last time that ominous waves of synth, the sharp clack and echo of gate reverbed drums and a pervading sense of unease like this dominated the airwaves, the 1980s had just dawned. Joy Division had come to its unfortunate end, but New Order was just getting going. The more playful, but still doomy, Depeche Mode offered up a dance beat under the sounds of annihilation. And Margeret Thatcher has just begun her project of cutting the floor out from under working people’s feet, launching a brutal austerity campaign that made life desolate for ordinary Brits.
Now, nearly 50 years later, dehumanizing forces have gained strength again. A climate gone mad threatens to roast us all in our beds while governments and corporation squeeze…
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…includes the entirety of their ‘Moderate Air Quality’ EP as bonus tracks.