‘Paranoid circus machine, maintain control through monotony, smiling ear to ear, blissful in your deceit, mass psychosis, menticide’ (En Mass)

More War is a compilation that brings together both of Armor’s previous releases, 2019’s Some Kind Of War 7-inch, and last year’s Afraid Of What’s To Come 12-inch. Hailing from Tallahassee, Armor’s core sound is rooted in unhinged, cymbal awash d-beat.  This is then overlain with a much more fuzzed out groove that is in turn melded with stomping start-stop dynamics, and a healthy penchant for breakdowns of the most bruising hue.

Across the ten tracks, the burly, growled vocals examine themes of the surveillance state, the dehumanising repercussions of military service, and our unerring ability to build our own self-imposed constraints.  Stand out moments are, perhaps, the barging ferocity of Fraud, the innately swinging Fodder, and the more expansive yet still utterly bludgeoning Proper Treatment.