{"title":"Uniform","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUniform is an American industrial \/ noise band hailing from the vibrant music scene of New York City. Known for their unique blend of aggressive and experimental sounds, *Uniform* has carved out a distinct place within the underground music community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by a range of influences, including punk, metal, and electronic music, *Uniform* creates intense sonic landscapes that push boundaries and challenge conventions. Their powerful live performances have garnered them a dedicated following and established them as one of the most exciting acts in their genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a sound that can be described as both abrasive and cathartic, *Uniform* stands alongside similar artists such as Street Sects, Lana Del Rabies, Puce Mary, JK Flesh, Pharmakon, The Body, Youth Code, Author \u0026amp; Punisher. 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Berdan's venomous voice mines deeply personal themes of resentment, regret, reflection and addiction over the hum of Greenberg's almost impossibly disciplined guitar, bass synth, and drum machine lines. Greenberg uses the word \"templatized\" to describe their approach to writing songs for Uniform. \"There's this set bunch of gear to create sounds, and it only creates sound through a certain process, or within its own limitations,\" Greenberg said. \"The goal of songwriting is to see how many different kinds of sounds you can get from the same basic process and machine.\" On Perfect World, that machine is firing on all cylinders. The guitar is run through a cheap '80s preamp marketed to metal kids. The drum machine is equally no-frills, an Akai XR20 that Greenberg says \"most people wouldn't want to keep around.\" These humble components are combined with noisy synth and Berdan's profound howling to form something much greater. Post-punk, synthpunk, and industrial traditions are borrowed from as needed, but the constraints placed on the process mean the result is unique to Uniform. Berdan describes his lyrics as the consequence of feeling \"so full of pain, confusion, deep selfishness, and general animosity that you make some horrible mistakes and have to learn how to forgive yourself for them.\" Perfect World feels like the sum of all that pain and confusion, but it also feels like the catharsis.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50493655974219,"sku":"391747","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9a92fa8b-73ea-4009-b740-2829236e8c23_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727699613"},{"product_id":"everything-that-dies-someday-comes-back","title":"Everything That Dies Someday Comes Back","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the heels of their monolithic collaborative LP \u003ci\u003eMental Wounds Not Healing\u003c\/i\u003e, the collaboration between industrial-noise post-everything bands Uniform and The Body returns with a second entry, \u003ci\u003eEverything That Dies Someday Comes Back\u003c\/i\u003e. Comprised of an amalgam of abrasive influence that spans Swans-y dirge and purge, Whitehouse's clenched-jaw noise, middle-period Ministry's penchant for metallic post-industrial everything, New Order's nose for melodic emotionality, and Juicy J-inspired beats, Uniform and The Body's approach delves deeper down the rabbit hole than before, igniting a sonic world of terror and bliss poised to grip the throats of fans yet again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sacred Bones Records","offers":[{"title":"Silver | LP","offer_id":50504791130443,"sku":"1170447","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/ca91665f-60b9-44c8-95fc-929f60de7b5a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727810518"},{"product_id":"shame","title":"Shame","description":"\u003cp\u003eFourth full length album from Uniform, This record marks the debut of Mike Sharp on drums, adding a natural fire to the engine. His presence grinds down their metallic industrial edge with a live percussive maelstrom. Once again, Greenberg assumed production duties behind the board at Strange Weather. Building on the approach from their last LP, the band perfected the powerful hybrid of digital and analog, electronic and acoustic, synthetic and actual that has become their hallmark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe opener \u003ci\u003eDelco \u003c\/i\u003efuses guttural distortion to haunting chants buttressed by muscular percussion. Short for \u003ci\u003eDelaware County\u003c\/i\u003e, the track reflects on Berdan's upbringing in a suburb west of Philadelphia and \"how beatings and bullying by these local hellraisers taught (him) how to keep his guard up and navigate a violent world.\" Elsewhere, the jagged thrashing of \u003ci\u003eDispatches\u003c\/i\u003e nods to \"Alan Moore's Batman: The Killing Joke and how thin the margin between personal stability and total collapse is.\" Neck-snapping riffs kick \u003ci\u003eLife in Remission\u003c\/i\u003e into high gear as a spiteful scream spirals towards oblivion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sacred Bones Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50507170120011,"sku":"1099124","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/cfa8c0e8-fb40-46c4-a1f1-191995b7b271_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727840490"},{"product_id":"american-standard-4","title":"American Standard","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmerican Standard begins with a shock. Vocalist Michael Berdan stands alone, screaming, “A part of me, but it can’t be me. Oh God, it can’t.” It all starts with an admission. Beneath the harrowing screams, there’s the pain of bulimia nervosa. There’s the pain of a sickness that is as physical as it is psychological. This is a kind of emergence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith every movement of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Standard\u003c\/i\u003e, Uniform peels off a new layer and tells the story inside of the one that came before it. The lyrics sink down into the core of the innermost self, the small human being crushed in the grip of sickness. To help peel away this narrative of eating disorders, self-hatred, delusion, mania, and ultimate discovery, Berdan sought assistance from a towering pair of outsider literary figures. Alongside B.R. 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