History Is What's Happening — The Ex

A relentless, confrontational energy that feels like a physical confrontation with the status quo.

Tracklist · 20 Tracks

Six of One and Half a Dozen of the Other

0:57

Barricades

1:03

Life Live

1:38

Machinery

0:45

E.M.Why

1:47

Moving Pictures

1:32

Shoes

1:44

Watch-Dogs

1:49

Dutch Disease

1:21

Blessed Box at the Backseat

1:13

Who Pays

2:44

Strong & Muscled

1:30

Grey

2:22

Equals Only

1:46

H’wood - W’ton

0:56

Sports

1:01

0:56

Pep Talk

1:58

Attacked

1:55

148

2:25

Moments Worth Listening For

The relentless mechanical churn of Machinery that mimics the factory floor where it was recorded.

The sudden, jarring guitar transitions in Barricades that feel like physical obstacles.

The way Who Pays stretches past the two-minute mark with a more deliberate, haunting tension.

Where This Album Departs

How does History Is What's Happening sound next to the rest of The Ex's catalogue?

This album stays in step with the catalogue across the board — no axis departs enough to be worth its own note. Hover the dots to see where each one sits.

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