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Ferocity, heart, art and conviction travel together on Quale Futuro?, placing Qlowski in that beautiful lineage of bands trying to escape the masculine showmanship of borderline rock’n’roll and outsider punk. Martin Newell, Television Personalities, Half Japanese, The Raincoats, The Clean, Killing Joke, Aussie Punk. Music narrating life through all the artistic forms. If concrete-punk was just a fun label thrown around to define Qlowski in the early days, now it has become a calling, a statement defining their future. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maple Death","offers":[{"title":"Brown | LP","offer_id":50417505763659,"sku":"1117598","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50417505927499,"sku":"1117597","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/d510b54e-2d05-4df6-b11d-c5c20ffab150_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726731457"},{"product_id":"the-wound","title":"The Wound","description":"\u003cp\u003eFurious, relentless, maybe less starry-eyed but at the same time profound, celestial and poetic, London concrete-punks Qlowski are back with \u003ci\u003eThe Wound\u003c\/i\u003e their second album on Maple Death and Feel It Records, a record that feels like the culmination of their lives, politics and sense of community. Still led by the dual-force of Mickey and Cecilia, Qlowski has expanded into a collective with the addition of Christian, Lucy and James, creating a sense of urgency and sweeping palette that was only hinted at on their debut \u003ci\u003eQuale\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFuturo\u003c\/i\u003e?. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDream-punk, propulsive rhythms, oblique kiwi-pop, dark punk are still part of their vocabulary but the band smashes borders with kosmische soundscapes, art-pop ballads, industrial beats and funked-up low-thud. Sonically impeccable, loaded with ear candy, the album was recorded in Dublin at Sonic Studios by Daniel Fox (Gilla Band) one of today’s most innovative producers and \u003ci\u003eThe Wound\u003c\/i\u003e ebbs and flows through syncopated grooves, abstraction and bliss, a work of contrast, dark-soft-heavy full cycle but mainly euphoric. The addition of drum pads, drum machines, electronics, analog pedals and field recordings are part of this process, it almost feels like a punk album for the club culture, where bodies and sweat are just one gear in bringing a community together. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of staples ‘Desire’ mixes anarcho-punk bleakness with New Order-ish ecstasy and Mickey’s commanding vocal presence, ‘Surrender’ almost feels like the Cure on a Martin Hannett diet of pills and reverb chambers, ‘It May Change’ and ‘Mastering The Motions’ dance on the cusp of angular funk, all wiry and bouncy recalling Pylon but also euro icons Kleenex. ‘Praxis’ and ‘Stronger Than’ show how far Qlowski has come, dream-pop ballads that shine though analog synths (Siel Orchestra, Juno) and Ceci’s heavenly delivery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpread out between London, New York and Glasgow, The Wound, is also the result of the dramatic past years we have been living in, written in between protests on the streets of London, rallies, Pro-Palestine marches, Renters’ Union gatherings, a sense of helplessness spreading but also a euphoric determination to fight and bring social justice at all costs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nEven when you feel resolutely in the camp of the defeated, you should know, defeat has nothing to do with surrender. Qlowski are here to evolve, more determined than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maple Death","offers":[{"title":"Orange LP","offer_id":50530889433419,"sku":"2219098","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50530889236811,"sku":"2219097","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/QLOWSKI_-_THE_WOUND_-_PACKSHOT_c1255b49_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728087036"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/qlowski.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}