With a blast of synthwave we launch into The Night of the Long Knives, a track that perfectly captures the brutal murder and betrayal of the historical event with the feeling of dread inevitability in the line “It’s coming (shame about your neighbourhood.” Desire is about a destructive need to change the world but that desire clouding your vision and ultimately leaving you feeling hollow and unfulfilled with the terrible change you’ve wrought. The whole album pulses like a raw throbbing vein, tackling uncomfortable subject matter like the role of the police versus criminals and how society can cast you into a mould that’s impossible to escape from in Good Shot Good Soldier, or the casual racism and privilege of the ruling classes in Ivory Tower. The album’s satire is glowering, like someone who’s bit their cheek so hard they’ve chewed a hole in it.
Originally published in Kirkby Extra, September 2017.
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Martin Summerfield
Monthly music columnist for the Kirkby Extra, sometimes article writer for Get Into This. Freelance writer/artist/maker. Archives
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