‘Working harder, Break your back, Appease the master’s neutral stance, Look away and they’ll skim the fat, While you’re left standing still’ (Spiritual Pollution)

Public Interest is essentially a solo project for Marble Eye’s Chris Natividad, with fellow Marble Eye member Andrew Oswald handling drums and production.  The connection between the two bands is soon clear, with the infectious riffs that define Marble Eye to the fore but shaded in a decidedly more sombre hue.  Darkly rumbling bass-lines provide a resonant underpinning to Natividad’s melancholic, baritone vocals as he explores themes of economic exploitation (Spiritual Pollution), social inequality (Undone), and, at times, our own complicity in accepting the status quo (Slow Burn).  Memorable flourishes are liberally laced through the album, including the unshakeable riff that propels Undone, the rousing chorus of Why Bother?, and the haunting guitar that washes over the New Order inspired bass that opens Falling Ash.