Endure＜数量限定盤/Blue Vinyl＞

大注目のニューオーリーンズ産ノー・ウェイブ・パンク・バンド
スペシャル・インタレストが〈Rough Trade〉より最新アルバム発売!!

ノー・ウェイヴ、グラム、インダストリアルを組み合わせて、パンキッシュなエレクトロ・サウンドで注目を集めるニューオーリンズの4人組バンド、スペシャル・インタレストがついに〈Rough Trade〉移籍後初となる最新アルバム『Endure』をリリース!
アッパーなジャングル・ビートとともにキラーなベースラインが疾走する「Cherry Blue Intention」で幕を開け、初期ラフトレのクラシック・スリーヴへのオマージュ7インチも話題を呼んだ「(Herman's) House」やミッキー・ブランコを迎えたキャリア史上最もポップでアンセミックな「Midnight Legend」といった先行シングルを含む全11曲を収録。
スパークスやB-52sのアート・ロックや政治的なパンクの遺伝子を受け継ぎながら、ダンス・ミュージックとパンク・カルチャーの蜜月関係をDIYなハイエナジーでアップデートし続けてきた彼らの最高傑作がここに!

New Orleans D.I.Y. scenesters Special Interest signed with Rough Trade after making a splash with a pair of raw and outspoken, often grooving albums that combined styles ranging from no wave, post-punk, and alternative dance to pure, venting punk rock. On their Rough Trade debut, Endure, they expand even further upon this wide-ranging sonic territory to dip their toes into more refined funk and arty dance-rock (think the B-52s et al.) while smoothing rough edges a little -- but just a little. (The self-produced album was mixed by Collin Dupuis, known for working with Lana Del Rey, Angel Olsen, the Black Keys, Yves Tumor, and many more.) Fueled by the pandemic outbreak and political uprisings of 2020, Endure is the type of album that would decompress with friends at the club after burning down the police station. With quartet member Ruth Mascelli on synthesizers and drum machines, opener "Cherry Blue Intention" begins with an unnerving, rapid-fire closed-hi-hat pattern, which is soon joined by pulsing, drumnbass-inspired beats, a squeal of feedback, and murky bass and lead guitar riffs (by Nathan Cassiani and Maria Elena, respectively) that, altogether, sound something like a siren going off in a packed club. Meanwhile, snarling vocalist/lyricist Alli Logout delivers lines like "Enigmatic super psycho/I can be whoever you want/Just for the night though." Later on, they opt for a dissonant, angular post-punk on working-class anthem "Foul" ("Minimum-balance savings-account blues!") before embracing a smooth four-on-the-floor groove on the sultry, R&B-tinged "Midnight Legend," which features an appearance by rapper/poet Mykki Blanco. The group get louder and angrier on songs like "Impulse Control" and "Concern Peace," whose title refers to Frantz Fanons The Wretched of the Earth, an examination of the harmful psychological effects of colonization. Endure eventually closes with the surprising instrumental "Interlude," which acts as a deep breath leading into the eight-minute, midtempo (for Special Interest) "LA Blues" ("LA" meaning Louisiana), whose lyrical vignettes act as a record of a certain time and place in New Orleans, and which tells people what they can do if they dont like it. By the end, the album both feels like an inevitable destination from prior albums and represents an excellent entry point for the uninitiated. ~ Marcy Donelson

ニューオーリンズ産のノーウェイヴ・バンドとして注目される4人組の新作がラフ・トレードからリリース。ポスト・パンク、ゴシック・ロックにも通じるダウナーなサウンドを性急なダンス・ビートに乗せて自由に歌うのが彼らのスタイルで、狂気と正気が同居するような世界観が魅力的でクセになる。ミッキー・ブランコが客演したほか、ラナ・デル・レイらを手掛けたコリン・デュピュイがミックスを担当しているのも興味深い。
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