Crime in Stereo broke up in 2010. But did they really? The Long Island melodic hardcore band mostly just haven't been active — until now. They've announced the release of their first new album in 13 years, led by pre-release tracks "Hypernormalisation" and "Books Cannot Be Killed by Fire."
Produced by guitarist Gary Cioni and drummer Brett Romnes, House & Trance arrives October 27 via Pure Noise Records. It follows Crime in Stereo's would-be swan song, 2010's I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone.
A bio calls it "a record that couldn't exist had all those years not happened, had the world not taken a turn down an even darker path than it was already on," going on to say that its songs are "not just reflective of these times — the effects of late-stage capitalism and neoliberalism, the encroaching dominance of fascism within the US political system, the increasing alienation and isolation that comes from the purposeful eradication of community by corporate politics — but of the immense human collateral damage that comes with all of that."
The band certainly sound wired and hungry on the charged-up new tracks "Hypernormalisation" — inspired by the word documentarian Adam Curtis uses to describe the concept of accepting the fake as real — and "Books Cannot Be Killed by Fire." Watch their Ryan Mackfall-directed music videos below, where you'll also find the album tracklist.
House & Trance:
1. Pensioner
2. Superyacht Ecopark
3. Rogue Wave
4. Hypernormalisation
5. We Can Build You
6. Goliathette
7. Books Cannot Be Killed by Fire
8. House / Trance
9. Autotourniquet
10. Skells
Pre-order House & Trance.
Produced by guitarist Gary Cioni and drummer Brett Romnes, House & Trance arrives October 27 via Pure Noise Records. It follows Crime in Stereo's would-be swan song, 2010's I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone.
A bio calls it "a record that couldn't exist had all those years not happened, had the world not taken a turn down an even darker path than it was already on," going on to say that its songs are "not just reflective of these times — the effects of late-stage capitalism and neoliberalism, the encroaching dominance of fascism within the US political system, the increasing alienation and isolation that comes from the purposeful eradication of community by corporate politics — but of the immense human collateral damage that comes with all of that."
The band certainly sound wired and hungry on the charged-up new tracks "Hypernormalisation" — inspired by the word documentarian Adam Curtis uses to describe the concept of accepting the fake as real — and "Books Cannot Be Killed by Fire." Watch their Ryan Mackfall-directed music videos below, where you'll also find the album tracklist.
House & Trance:
1. Pensioner
2. Superyacht Ecopark
3. Rogue Wave
4. Hypernormalisation
5. We Can Build You
6. Goliathette
7. Books Cannot Be Killed by Fire
8. House / Trance
9. Autotourniquet
10. Skells
Pre-order House & Trance.
