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The Empire Strikes Back
Rock · 2006 · 11 tracks · 50m

The Empire Strikes Back

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Cynical, detuned garage-punk that weaponizes black humor and moral outrage. A provocative assault on language and hypocrisy disguised as a drunken bar band.

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It's like a brilliant history professor got drunk and started a noise-punk band to insult everyone.

A scathingly funny and deeply uncomfortable exploration of societal rot.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 50m
01
Spiderman in the Flesh
4:09
02
Points of View
5:06
03
Hitlers & Churchills
3:10
04
Mos E17ley
4:43
05
The Ship
4:15
06
Raglan Top on Lonsdale Grey
5:26
07
Good Looking Boys or Women
3:23
08
Your English
3:56
09
Panic Holiday
3:42
10
White Patches
7:16
11
Please Ban Music
5:02
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring, intentional dissonance of the guitars on Hitlers & Churchills that mimics a mental breakdown.
Ben Waller's deadpan delivery on Spiderman in the Flesh where the satire becomes uncomfortably sharp.
The sprawling, repetitive exhaustion of White Patches that feels like a seven-minute endurance test.
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