{"product_id":"signal-fire","title":"Signal Fire","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith their fourth full-length album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSignal Fire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Genghis Tron awaken us from the post-apocalyptic daydreams of their previous work with a violent—and most welcome—shove. This time, the distant-future reveries we first heard on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBoard Up The House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e give way to an unsettling awareness of the present we’re actually living, as our circumstances grow too pressing to try and escape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSignal Fire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e envisions a Kojima-esque dystopia of endless proxy warfare,” says vocalist and lyricist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTony Wolski (The Armed),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSignal Fire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e marks the first time bandleaders Michael Sochynsky and Hamilton Jordan –joined again by Wolski and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNick Yacyshyn (SUMAC) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eon drums, plus newcomer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKenny Szymanski (The Armed)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on bass–has captured this level of urgency with such  visceral precision.  “This album is very much rooted in the now,” confirms Jordan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlbum opener “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI Am All\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e” sets the table with a chest-throbbing synth pulse as Wolski declares “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’m on a tear, I’m on a tear\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,” over swirling industrial rhythms and creeping synthlines. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Nothing Blooms in the Hollow” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003egrafts 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\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Born Prey”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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 “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike Fotocrom” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWithout Form” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edeliver shimmering, ominous beauty. And \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“New Gods” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003einvokes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRabies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-era Skinny Puppy to bring the album to a bludgeoning, anthemic finale, as Wolski screams on repeat: “New gods to bleed me out \/ No new peace \/ Bleed me out \/ I love it.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwenty years into their career, having proven their ability to forge common ground between Ministry and Aphex Twin, between Brutal Truth and Boards Of Canada, between Cluster and Converge, ugly-beautiful new genre hybrids from Genghis Tron no longer come as a surprise.  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 favorite stuff, literally slammed together,” says Jordan—and refined their songwriting craft to deliver a sound that is unmistakably their own. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Relapse","offers":[{"title":"LP - Custom Merge","offer_id":57034373988683,"sku":"R1935-0787","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - Royal Blue","offer_id":57034374021451,"sku":"R1935-8734","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":57034374054219,"sku":"R1935-7447","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2000x2000bb_7cabdaae-81ed-4823-8393-f98def1ec2af.jpg?v=1776203825","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/signal-fire","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}