Diät Positive Disintegration
- Format
12 Inch
Black
£16.00
‘Got a fridge full of postcards and a thousand what ifs, got a face full of creases and nothing to show for it’.
The 2022 remastered repress of the 2019 modern day post-punk classic from Berlin’s Diät. Almost spoken-word vocals soberly dissect the frustrations and confusions of life’s missed opportunities and thwarted ambitions, the unwavering disappearance of time. Vibrantly plaintive guitars and urgent, surging rhythms provide the perfect sonic interplay with these poetic explorations. The only question remaining is…when did melancholy become quite so utterly infectious?
Positive Disintegration was DIÄT’s sophomore album in which they expanded their post punk to a new pop level, reaching their songwriting peak. The DIÄT sound builds upon the FALLOUT/ SIX MINUTE WAR / CRISIS skeletal sound, adding muscular marching drums and sparsely used synths and drums machines. Their trademark dead-pan vocals are at the centre of the mix, narrating the inane existence of a soul under the dreads of late capitalism. Questioning your own existence in a sea of depression, low-paid jobs, borders, information, lack of sleep, and a fast moving world that threatens to leave you behind. All too familiar.
Positive Disintegration was originally released in 2019. Re-released with a totally new mix in time for DIÄT’s rare appearance at Static Shock Weekend in London. Marking the 10 years since their first London show. Remastered by Guitarist Tobias Lill at Dong Xuan Productions, the new edition sounds deeper and highlights many parts of the album buried in previous editions, breathing new life to it.
—La Vida Es Un Mus Discos
