Add a dash of motorik groove, a pinch of post-punk grime, and a dose of no wave howl. Welfare Jazz doesn't bargain with the anxiety in that defeated feeling, but rather a boiling certainty that nothing and no one is absolute.
Generating a singular brand of noisy chaos, Swedish post-punk band Viagra Boys fuse pounding hard rock grooves, minimalist melodies, discordant guitar and sax, and howling vocals into an uncompromised volley of sound
Where's My Utopia? is the follow-up to the Leeds band's critically acclaimed debut record, The Overload, which arrived in January 2022. The new album is a co-production between Yard Act and Gorillaz member Remi Kabaka Jr.
A departure from their previous politically-charged work, aiming for a more simple and "stupid" approach while exploring the mundane and the absurd. It's a record that blends elements of garage rock, new wave, and even country.