The artwork for the forthcoming Last Wars album Escaper has that brutalist architecture style that you would expect to see in an update of the Duke Nuke ‘Em video game or an even more dystopian Grand Theft Auto game set in the future anticipated by Escape From New York or The Terminator. Lead single “Attrition” has a menacing urgency with distorted synths and Vocoder, fantastic electronic bass and an almost impressionistic melody like bursts of joy escaping in through the emotion dampening fields imposed by a technocratic oligarchy to maximize labor efficiency. Musically it makes one think about what might happen if Trans Am and Chrome collaborated on a piece of music to give it a retrofuturist flavor imbued with a spirit of rebellion. The song makes you want to see the movie or read the graphic novel that could have spawned it. Listen to “Attrition” on Spotify and follow Last Wars at the links below. Escaper releases on September 15, 2024 on digital download, streaming and as a limited edition vinyl LP.
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