Lines Redacted
Hayley Scott
, February 25th, 2021 09:18
Leeds post-punks Mush have returned. And they have brought the riffs. Hayley Scott smells a potential future classic
Since its epoch during the late 1970s, there have been myriad post-punk revivals, leading to a presumed cultural fatigue. The truth is, contemporary post-punk is as powerful, challenging and exciting as it’s ever been, and the reason why is simple: post-punk, like punk, has always lent itself to socio-political themes. It makes perfect sense: the very nature of politics is, like music, rooted in conflict and harmony.
An increasing number of bands are relying more on musicality, rather than lyrical content, to denote social and political upheaval. Like Black Country, New Road, Dry Cleaning, and Squid, Leeds trio Mush have mastered a sound that couldn’t belong to any other time than now. On
Un estruendo todavía sin origen laarena.com.ar - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from laarena.com.ar Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Mush unveil Seven Trumpets from new album Lines Redacted
Mush unveil Seven Trumpets from new album Lines Redacted
Mush have unveiled Seven Trumpets ahead of the February 12th release of their second album.
It was mixed by Lee Smith – cohort of fellow Loiners Pulled Apart By Horses and close neighbours The Cribs – as the swift successor to the 3D Routine debut record.
“Seven Trumpets started as a climate change jaunt, but with the plethora of Armageddon scenarios currently on display, it became more about sleepwalking into disaster in a generalised sense,” Dan Hyndman says. “It has a Beefhearty breakdown in the middle.”