Enzyme Golden Dystopian Age
- Format
12 Inch
Black
£17.00
Furiously discordant almost mechanical vocals and viciously distorted guitars are central to Enzyme’s aural assault on this brutal follow-up to their debut full-length Howling Mind.
Indeed, in less skilled hands you sense that this sonic onslaught could prove almost too relentlessly intense. The key perhaps lies in the sheer infectiousness of their rhythm section, which despite its own inherently frenzied execution brilliantly leavens the battery. Few will be able to resist the pogo inducing madness of Masquerade and Chewing The Fat. Lyrically, the album explores the band’s disorientating experience of lockdown living and how malformed government priorities privilege corporate interests over those of the public.
Hey knuckle draggers and chain swingers! Looking to add some dynamite to your pogo stick? Look no further!! Enzyme’s Golden Dystopian Age LP is here! 4 years since Howling Minds LP, Enzyme’s second offering bends all odds and pushes the band’s brand of noise punk to a new limit. Lots to process about this record, from the hyperactive drumming, catchy rhythm backbone by the bass, 1000 pedal stomp buzz saw noise/psychedelic soundscapes guitars, discordant terminator vocals that sound like they been recorded through a cheap boom box, cameo vocals from Hardcore Victim CEO / Phantasm vox Bernie, to the more noise / beats provided by hard techno unit Nerve AKA Joshua Wells makes for one perfect storm that these noise bent fuckers have managed to harness. 3 years to make, this record sounds and reads like a reflection of life living through the tightly sanctioned lockdowns, a state of uncertainty, helplessness, anxiety and fear, geographical and imposed isolation, natural disasters and civil unrest in Naarm (Melbourne) Australia. 8 relentless noise punk tracks for the new hell we live in.
Golden Dystopian Age showcases Enzyme’s never ending one sided romance with punk legends Confuse, Chaos U.K and Disorder, but also exploring other influences like anarcho-punk, space rock, psychedelia, metal and gabber. Blasphemy! Is this punk future? It’s as ugly as the world Enzyme sees. It’s the Golden Dystopian Age.
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