The debut LP by Algiers is haunted by promises of the past: the rapturous call and response of millenarian gospel, the bellowing urgency of 60s protest soul, the scene-searching intensity of DC

Algiers

The debut LP by Algiers is haunted by promises of the past: the rapturous call and response of millenarian gospel, the bellowing urgency of 60s protest soul, the scene-searching intensity of DC hardcore and the smeared viscosity of post-punk and no wave. After all, as Marx once said: â€œThe tradition of all dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brains of the living.â€ But rather than revel in a state of nostalgia, the band wields these burdened visions to charge headlong into the future. Over the albumâ€™s eleven tracks, these three Ã©migrÃ©s of the American Deep South lay waste to appropriators, oppressors, revivalists and the cultural shock troops of capitalism. Vocalist Franklin James Fisherâ€™s every shriek and incantation will take you from the sweaty fervor of Dennis Edwards-era Temptations through the righteous rebellion of Nina Simone to the solitary midnight howls of PJ Harvey. Shards of Lee Tescheâ€™s guitar, along with Ryan Mahanâ€™s bass pulses and synthesizer slashes, pierce through the processional, transforming neo-modernist hymns with explosions of foreboding and dread that evoke the vanguard of pop experimentation from Suicide to Roland S. Howard. In an era when political subjectivity and human connectivity have been smashed to pieces by the demands of finance capital, Algiers has taken its stance: to maintain fidelity to these subversive spirits and trudge toward the light. While they may never arrive at their destination â€“ consigned to a life of wandering â€“ they conjure the dead sound to life in frightening new directions.
Country USA
Brand Matador
Manufacturer Matador
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 112462
Model 34115756
Color Multi Color
ReleaseDate 2015-06-02
UnitCount 1
Format Remixes included
UPCs 744861106722
EANs 0744861106722

Country	USA
Brand	Matador
Manufacturer	Matador
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	112462
Model	34115756
Color	Multi Color
ReleaseDate	2015-06-02
UnitCount	1
Format	Remixes included
UPCs	744861106722
EANs	0744861106722

Algiers

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