From the press release:
The one word I want to use to tie together Hateful Abandon’s combo of electronics, peace-punk and bleak post-punk (with a pedigree in black metal under the name Abandon) is cinematic. But that doesn’t tell you much unless you know what kind of movie we’re talking about. So, I’m gonna outline this movie right now, and then I’ll turn it into an awesome blockbuster screenplay, get that Hollywood money, forget all my old friends and hang out with other rich assholes. It’s gonna rule.
OK, we’re in a grim totalitarian future, as you can tell from the Sabbath-riff synths and industrial pounding of “Maze of Bastards.” Now meet the extremely cool resistance! A ragtag gang of cyperpunks, there’s like a Hawkwind hippie guy, maybe a sexy-lady post-apocalyptic occultist. They speed through the wasteland in a really cool future car being politically radical, blasting “Culprit.” Then “High Rise” nails the exact sound of early British industrial metal, so our heroes should go to a super decadent cyber nightclub and maybe someone has a bad trip on a crazy designer drug. The Test” goes from grim to serious synthpop so…right, gotta have a romance in there somewhere.
“The Walker” is the climactic encounter with our evil totalitarian leader and his legion of clone-bot minions. Well, guess what, fucko? “There Will Never Be Peace”! Synths throb in the middle, with the record’s most aggro percussion below them and the angriest vocals up top. Evil regime vanquished, everyone learns the true meaning of punk and they start a noble new society (“December”). BOOM. Guaranteed cult classic.
Hateful Abandon is Tom ‘Swine’ Price on drums, percussion, bass, guitar, backing vocals, synth, programming and sampling and Martin ‘Vice Martyr’ Brindley on lead vocals, bass, guitar and effects. The band formed in 2004 and is based in the U.K. (Bristol). The current release, Liars/Bastards, was produced by the band and engineered and mixed by Price at his studio called The Compound, in Somerset, England.
The eight tracks on Liars/Bastards are 1. “Maze of Bastards,” 2. “Culprit,” 3. “High Rise,” 4. “The Test,” 5. “The Walker,” 6. “There Will Never be Peace,” and 7. “December.” Visit the band online at facebook.com/hatefulabandon or twitter.com/HATEFULABANDON.
Candlelight Records is an independent record label based in Europe, with a North American division based in Philadelphia. Visit the label online at candlelightrecordsusa.com or facebook.com/candlelightrecords.
