While stylistically different, new albums by Blanck Mass (electronic), Pissed Jeans (punk) and Uniform (industrial) share an intensity that make each a worthwhile listen.
Blanck Mass’ World Eater is a beast of an album. The solo project of Fuck Buttons’ Benjamin John Power (pictured above), World Eater, at points, is reminescent of Dan Deacon, the Knife and Nine Inch Nails.
Though it’s a range of those different approaches, the album still manages to be cohesive.
Pissed Jeans has been making loud, abrasive punk for more than a dozen years. On the band’s fifth album, Why Love Now, Pissed Jeans takes aim at creepy guys, which frontman Matt Korvette describes as most guys.
“There’s no guy that isn’t a total creep,” Korvette says in a statement.
The creepiest of creepy guy references appears midway through the album during the spoken word I’m a Man, written and performed by Chicago author Lindsay Hunter. It’s an extremely disturbing monologue depicting the (mostly) secret thoughts of that guy in the office that already makes everyone cringe.
Elsewhere on the album, Why Love Now, is a typical Pissed Jeans assault on your senses with punk guitar that sometimes morphs into metal.
Uniform, a two-man crew, sounds like classic industrial outfit with a modern feel on Wake in Fright.
It’s a relentless assault for about 37 minutes.
Focused, powerful and fierce, Uniform will remind you of vintage Ministry, the legendary Chicago noisemakers.
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