If you thought the thrown-out terrorism charge, the ban from multiple different countries, and the ire of dozens of Parliament politicians was enough to tone down Irish rap trio Kneecap’s blistering rebuke of British presence in Ireland and international imperialism at large—well, think again. Fenian, their latest, pairs the group with Fontaines D.C. and Wet Leg producer Dan Carey, who condenses their sound into a pressure-cooker of post-punk, bass music, and MTV-era hooks. The album may boast sharper songcraft and even clearer-eyed revolutionary politics, but Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, and DJ Próvaí are still the same boys from West Belfast, making good trouble to hold bad actors to account.
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Seefeel: Sol.Hz [Warp]
Warp lodestars Seefeel are most recognizable for their vaporous blend of shoegaze, ambient, and experimental electronic music. But their first album in 15 years, Sol.Hz, has a heart of pure dub. Cloudy, reverberating bass mingles with sonorous, textural guitar loops courtesy of Mark Clifford, while Sarah Peacock’s spellbinding vocals ooze over the mix. For all the ambiguity coursing through their music, their new album’s title (if taken literally) nicely sums up a sonic ethos: sun plus electricity.
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Thurston Moore / Bonner Kramer: They Came Like Swallows – Seven Requiems for the Children of Gaza [Silver Current Records]
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