"Parasite"
exclusive song premiere
exclusive song premiere
For fans of: Blind Girls, Dianacrawls, The Love And Terror Cult, Piper Maru, Kill Sadie, Piss and Crochet
Aight, you ain't ready. I wasn't ready. And I released the first EXCRUCIS album last year! When I was sent the new full length by Chicago's four-piece blew me the fuck away...and I still haven't landed. Sassy as fuck, mad screamy, danceable, playful, heavy and super dark, the band features members of Nouveau, Yail, Wrestle Crow and Not For You. 'There are Collectivities that Devour Souls' releases July 22nd on Zegema Beach Records via 100 cassettes. 11 tracks for fans of Dianacrawls, Indisposed, Blood Brothers, Leer, Blind Girls, etc. The band had this to say about the theme behind the album which stems from a Simone Weil quote...
DYLAN "yeah the basic context is that there are collectivities that nurture souls, and collectivities that devour souls. she's talking about this in relation to a distinction between 'rights' and 'obligations', rights being what you are 'granted' in a state which coerces your participation, vs 'obligations' that exist due to people just being social and having needs. In a nurturing society, you are still constrained, but it's by fundamental social contracts like, you still have to respect yr neighbor, whatever."
LINDA: "But I kind of attribute it to living in a fascist state, as in they are devouring our souls through capitalism. That’s the meaning I primarily pull from it, but I guess above is what the quote’s context was."
(2024) EXCRUCIS "Parasite" (from 'There are Collectivities that Devour Souls')
Oooo baby let's go. "Parasite" is the sixth track off this record and is exactly halfway through the album. It helps bridge the sassier/more playful first half with the staggering weight/darkness of the second, all in just a 1:21 runtime. Linda's frenzied singy yell permeates the opening 20 seconds, giving the song a simultaneous burst of melody and uneasiness. The yells turn into full blowns screams afterward as the song builds much like European screamo until they go apeshit just before the minute mark with double-speed, abrasive riffing, and stop/start drums. It's during the last 30 seconds that EXCRUCIS hit the "holy fuck" button, decimating the listener with a phenomenal breakdown laced with striking three-note bombs and poisonous screaming. Fuck to the yes, my friends. Fucking to the fucking yes.
ADDITIONAL LINKS & WHATNOT
(2024) EXCRUCIS "Ceasefire" (from 'Zampler 23 + There are Collectivities that Devour Souls')
'Excrucis' debut album
TOO FRICKIN SICK !!!
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