New Material
PreoccupationsLPA
- Espionage
- Decompose
- Disarray
- Manipulation
LPB
- Antidote
- Solace
- Doubt
- Compliance
The third full length album from Canadian quartet Preoccupations, known for their dark blend of post-punk.
‘New Material’ builds a world for that feeling, playing through its layers and complexities while hiding almost nothing. That inscrutable side is part of the magic, here, and a necessary counterweight to the straight-jab clarity of Flegel’s lyrics. You can deep-dive the lyrics or zone into a riff; you can face it or you can get lost in it. “My ultimate goal would be to make a record where nobody knows what instrument is playing ever,” says multi-instrumentalist Scott Munro, “and I think we’ve come closer than ever, here. It shouldn’t sound robotic — it should sound human, like people playing instruments. It’s just maybe no one knows what they are.”