{"product_id":"genghis-tron-signal-fire","title":"Genghis Tron - Signal Fire","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"389\"\u003eWith their fourth full-length album \u003cem data-start=\"36\" data-end=\"49\"\u003eSignal Fire\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"51\" data-end=\"67\"\u003eGENGHIS TRON\u003c\/strong\u003e awaken us from the post-apocalyptic daydreams of their previous work with a violent, and most welcome, shove. This time, the distant-future reveries first heard on \u003cem data-start=\"232\" data-end=\"252\"\u003eBoard Up The House\u003c\/em\u003e give way to an unsettling awareness of the present we’re actually living in, as our circumstances grow too pressing to try and escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"744\"\u003e“\u003cem data-start=\"392\" data-end=\"405\"\u003eSignal Fire\u003c\/em\u003e envisions a Kojima-esque dystopia of endless proxy warfare,” says vocalist and lyricist \u003cstrong data-start=\"494\" data-end=\"509\"\u003eTony Wolski\u003c\/strong\u003e of \u003cstrong data-start=\"513\" data-end=\"526\"\u003eThe Armed\u003c\/strong\u003e, “where the deluge of available information has outmoded the human ability to parse it. A world where those amoral, shameless and cunning enough can literally reshape reality at their whim through sheer insistence.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"746\" data-end=\"1297\"\u003eHaving roared onto the scene in 2004 with a uniquely demented blend of extreme metal, synthesizer textures and drum-machine madness, GENGHIS TRON are no strangers to making a forceful impression. But \u003cem data-start=\"946\" data-end=\"959\"\u003eSignal Fire\u003c\/em\u003e marks the first time bandleaders \u003cstrong data-start=\"993\" data-end=\"1014\"\u003eMichael Sochynsky\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1019\" data-end=\"1038\"\u003eHamilton Jordan\u003c\/strong\u003e, joined again by Wolski and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1067\" data-end=\"1084\"\u003eNick Yacyshyn\u003c\/strong\u003e of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1088\" data-end=\"1097\"\u003eSUMAC\u003c\/strong\u003e on drums, plus newcomer \u003cstrong data-start=\"1122\" data-end=\"1141\"\u003eKenny Szymanski\u003c\/strong\u003e of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1145\" data-end=\"1158\"\u003eThe Armed\u003c\/strong\u003e on bass, have captured this level of urgency with such visceral precision. “This album is very much rooted in the now,” confirms Jordan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1299\" data-end=\"1694\"\u003eAlbum opener \u003cem data-start=\"1312\" data-end=\"1322\"\u003eI Am All\u003c\/em\u003e sets the table with a chest-throbbing synth pulse as Wolski declares “I’m on a tear, I’m on a tear,” over swirling industrial rhythms and creeping synthlines. \u003cem data-start=\"1482\" data-end=\"1512\"\u003eNothing Blooms in the Hollow\u003c\/em\u003e grafts desert-rock swagger onto interlocking layers of dizzying riffs and chants before Wolski steers the band into full-on sonic burnout, like a spaceship careening into the sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1696\" data-end=\"2179\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1696\" data-end=\"1707\"\u003eBorn Prey\u003c\/em\u003e navigates deftly through Genghis Tron’s classic sonic touchpoints: furious blastbeats, electronic breaks, haunting vocal earworms and a towering synth-pop crescendo. Meditative interludes like \u003cem data-start=\"1901\" data-end=\"1916\"\u003eLike Fotocrom\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"1921\" data-end=\"1935\"\u003eWithout Form\u003c\/em\u003e deliver shimmering, ominous beauty. 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What’s remarkable, however, is how Sochynsky and Jordan have taken a project that started in 2004 as a dorm-room genre-pastiche experiment, “a chaotic, wild amalgamation of all our favourite stuff, literally slammed together,” says Jordan, and refined their songwriting craft to deliver a sound that is unmistakably their own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Relapse Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":58110079107417,"sku":"SDZ-46238","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Royal Blue Vinyl LP","offer_id":58110079140185,"sku":"SDZ-46239","price":24.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/0043954419_10.jpg?v=1779361917","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/genghis-tron-signal-fire","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}