Ultrapop

LP12 Ltd Vinil (Coloured) (Sargent House)

Available from 25/08/2022

32.00 €

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The Armed return with their first new album in over three years and
Sargent House debut, ULTRAPOP. The album reaches the same
extremities of sonic expression as the furthest depths of metal,
noise, and otherwise "heavy" counterculture music subgenres but
finds its foundation firmly in pop music and pop culture. As is
always The Armed's mission, it seeks only to create the most
intense experience possible, a magnification of all culture, beauty,
and things. The band goes on to explain, "crafting vital art means
presenting the audience with new and intriguing tensions-sonically,
visually, conceptually. Over time and through use, those tensions
become less novel and effective-and they become expectations. The
concept of "subgenre" becomes almost the antithesis of vitality in
art-itself a fetishization of expectation. ULTRAPOP seeks, in earnest,
to create a truly new listener experience. It is an open rebellion
against the culture of expectation in "heavy" music. It is a joyous,
genderless, post-nihilist, anti-punk, razor-focused take on creating
the most intense listener experience possible. It's the harshest,
most beautiful, most hideous thing we could make." ULTRAPOP
follows their recent contribution to the Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack
"Night City Aliens" and 2018's critically acclaimed album Only Love,
which landed on 'Album of the Year' lists from The Atlantic,
Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Vice, Stereogum, and many more. The
album was co-produced by the band's own Dan Greene in
collaboration with Ben Chisholm (Chelsea Wolfe) and features
contributions from Mark Lanegan, Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens of the
Stone Age, A Perfect Circle), Ben Koller (Converge, Killer Be Killed,
Mutoid Man) and many more. Kurt Ballou (Converge, High on Fire,
Russian Circles) remains at the helm as executive producer.
**Single Clear Vinyl LP w/ printed inner sleeve + lyric insert and
Download card.
TRACKLISTING: 01. ULTRAPOP 02. ALL FUTURES 03. MASUNAGA VAPORS
04. A LIFE SO WONDERFUL 05. AN ITERATION 06. BIG SHELL 07. AVERAGE
DEATH 08. FAITH IN MEDICATION 09. WHERE MAN KNOWS WANT 10

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