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Brand new single from Bucks based noise rock/art pop crusaders 1877.
Title track "I Am Antagonist" sees the band build from up tempo electro beats to walls of synths and feedback, with a deep underlining melancholy. Think Fuck Buttons meets Joy Division with a hint of Mogwai.
The second track on the disc is a post punk electro rock bliss out, entitled "Narcolepsy".
Reviews:
"I’m picking up a definite shift towards post punk artists like Kraftwerk, New Order and the like at the moment. And 1877 are one of the better bands to emerge from this gene pool. The electronic drums and snapping snare are pinned tight back and allow the phasing synths and streams of guitar to eddy around the deliberately low mixed vocals. It’s Depeche Mode picking a fight with Trent Reznor. It’s very dark. It’s very mesmeric. It’s very good."http://www.tastyfanzine.org.uk/singles83feb09.htm#1877
"Serious, strong stuff on 1877’s debut release. Antagonist begins with electronic percussion and keyboards before the guitars come in backing submerged Curtis inflected vocals. Cold and powerfully arranged the instruments mesh and splinter menacingly.
B side Narcolepsy is, if possible, even more intense. Guitar and Bass drive relentlessly reminding the reviewer of Sumner and Hook on Interzone. True to its title, the track carries a bleak Burroughsian menace which has gone unheard in music for far too long.
Chris Stanley in The-Mag wrote, “They carry a genuine menace and intensity”. I can only, totally, wholeheartedly agree. Excellent!" http://www.thenewroxette.com/reviews.asp
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aofaNct7W8g
Stream:
http://www.last.fm/music/1877/I+am+an+Antagonist
Limited to 100 copies, packaged in classic Dead Pilot windowed card digipak.