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• ‘Phosphor Plate’ translucent vinyl *
• Transparent ‘Roentgenizdat’ 7” flexidisc featuring exclusive bonus
track *
• 500 x 700mm fold-out zine/poster *
• Printed inner sleeve
• Hand-stamped numbered edition *
• Limited pressing of 500 *
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£23.99 – ‘Chromophobia’ white vinyl LP
£21.99 – Black LP
FFO: Joy Division, Suicide, Gang of Four, Boy Harsher, Preoccupations
“Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he is ready to deny the evidence of his senses only to justify his logic”
Fyodor Dostoevsky – Notes from Underground (1864)
The Intermittent Signal is the sound of resistance.
In the year since The Sick Man Of Europe’s debut album was released, the world has moved on. Steady hands have slipped from the levers of power, logic has shifted underground and the message grows more urgent with every passing day. Repetition has been relearned and the machine rhythms repurposed, this time with increased intensity. Arrangements have moved beyond the bare bones economy of the first record and there’s a newfound melodicism in places. Clarity and conviction ring true through the static and noise, while utopian ideas to remodel a broken system gain traction. This is a rejection of the attention economy and a call to reconnect through community and organisation.
Those simple acts that were once commonplace have become increasingly radical as new fractures emerge.
“Through repetition the message has gained weight and become something more urgent,” The Sick Man Of Europe explains. “The vehicle for this message needed to evolve, grow to gain the strength to carry it. We’ve landed on something more expansive, immediate and immersive. Less is more. Until it isn't.”
“Blends pulsating motorik beats, nagging basslines and droning electronics into all-consuming atmospheres. Fronted by foreboding vocals that sit somewhere between Ian Curtis’ melancholic baritone and something more experimental, phrases are repeated over and over like mantras, slowly building in intensity until the words take on entirely new meanings”
Electronic Sound
“The Sick Man Of Europe blend Krautrock aspects with charred remains of post-punk, tying this together by tapping into the UK’s current dystopian darkness”
Clash
“If you dig danceable post-punk, give this a spin”
Brooklyn Vegan
“Coldwave for hot days”
Bandcamp
TRACKLISTING
Side A
A1. Negative Stimuli (5:52)
A2. Chromophobia (3:37)
A3. Apathy (4:41)
A4. The Cadogan Gate (6:43)
Side B
B1. The Intermittent Signal (3:36)
B2. Eyeless/Mindless (3.59)
B3. Creatures Of Habit (5:09)
B4. A Love Song
