Post Death Soundtrack return in vicious form on their new single Lowdown Animal — showcasing today on Tinnitist.
The Vancouver duo’s new single — their second preview of their upcoming album — finds them shelving their former industrial style, cutting the electronics to conjure a raw “doom-grunge” sound with elements of thrash and hardcore punk. Lowdown Animal is uncensored, uncompromising and threatening as a pack of hyenas sneaking through the savannah.
“The hyena has become a kind of symbol for the band,” says vocalist Steve Moore. “With lions, tigers, and bears, you have a good idea of what to expect from their brute strength. But hyenas represent the outsider, the unwelcome drifter, the cursed sneak. Lowdown Animal is a relentless charge, capturing the outsider mentality of someone who faces abandonment and depression, someone who is unwanted and perhaps unexpected… This song is vicious and it’s for anyone out there who has been abandoned, abused or bullied. Everyone deserves dignity. We’ll sneak up, surround the mighty lion and take it down while laughing.”
Adds musical partner Jon Ireson: “Although our main goal for this record was to explore slow, sludgy doom ideas, a few heavy rolling tracks came out like this one. Steve came into the session with some great elements. That unhinged, driving Stooges kind of vibe. The dual lead guitars in the half-time section are great and the push and pull that Casey (Lewis) did with the drums really brought the whole thing to life.”
Conceived in grubby back rooms and underground clubs of Calgary, Post Death Soundtrack initially took inspiration from the same forces that drive young obstinate bands in cities like D.C., Austin, and Detroit — the cognitive dissonance between the forces that run their town and the forces that run their lives. The duo took aim squarely at the hypocrisies of government, religion, and mainstream ideology with blinding rage but also tongue firmly in cheek sarcasm.
The debut album, 2008’s Music As Weaponry, pulled together the wild, brash industrial of Skinny Puppy and Ministry with the hypnotic trip-hop textures of Portishead and Massive Attack to deliver an engrossing indictment of Western culture and an offer to rise above its trappings. Their second LP, 2016’s The Unlearning Curve, turned the lyrical focus inward while showcasing the band’s new “psychedelic industrial” sound. In 2019, It Will Come Out of Nowhere expanded upon its predecessor’s signature sound with sludge metal elements adding even more gravitas.
Post Death Soundtrack in 2024 take on a completely different form, abandoning electronics in favour of a raw, guitar-driven sound. The latest music features the band as a power trio, with Moore’s unmistakable guitar style backed by Ireson’s raucous bass lines and Lewis providing powerhouse live drums. The new album is due in April.
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