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ARTIST
STRAW MAN ARMY
TITLE
Earthworks
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
LA VIDA ES UN MUS
CATALOG #
MUS 306LP
MUS 306LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
12/6/2024
NYC duo
Straw Man Army
return with their third LP,
Earthworks
, to complete a trilogy of records begun with 2020's
Age of Exile
, and 2022's
SOS
. Whereas
Age of Exile
dealt with the haunted landscapes of colonial history in the Americas, and
SOS
gave voice to a crisis of the present moment, like a prayer in bewildering times, 2024's
Earthworks
signals the band's attempt to close this trilogy by turning their gaze towards the future, where paradox, complexity and contradiction spiral in ascendance to an agonizing pitch. While continuing to develop their own style of anarcho-punk,
Earthworks
finds the band pulling once again from jazz and ambient influences, expanded Krautrock rhythms, and post-rock experiments, with a stronger emphasis on melodic vocals and varied song structures than on previous offerings. Taking cues from the wistful anti-war harmonies of
The Byrds
and the angry melodies of
Zounds
, tracks like "Turn the Wheel" and "Second Nature" mark new territory for a group whose messages and methods of experimentation have merged to form a singular sound equally at home on All the Madmen Records or in the spiritual legacy of ESP-Disk'. "Earthworks" is an album that holds and subverts many contradictions -- juggling the weight of melancholy, grief, guilt, impunity, and the yearning for clarity against the backdrop of boiling wrath; the wrath of nature, the occupied, the dispossessed, and of the mind against itself. To quote the track "Spiral" -- "Is this all that's left for us these days? / Apathy and rage?" -- Straw Man Army offers this record as a companion to our frustration, our sickness, our despair, and a lifeline for our fugitive attention in the struggle for peace. Gatefold sleeve with a double-sided A2 poster.
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