Flailing around suburban living rooms, @nitzerebb was our punk, our metal, our outsider music. Like the band, Douglas McCarthy was a one-off--he may be gone, but the sound is forever. #powerofvoice
Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. Nervous Musk, Trump, Vance have all been outclassed in public arguments these last few days. Government failure, stock market crash, and dictatorial alliances are not popular. People are starting to realize that there is no truth here beyond the desire for personal wealth and power.
If you listen hard enough, you’re gonna hear ambulance sirens all over the vocal tracks of this record (someone always dying in this city). Extra drama.
Is the discussion ‘should AI recreate music?’ or is the discussion ‘Why is contemporary music so homogenised & formulaic that it’s really easy to copy?’