Hot
New
In stock
Pre-order
Out stock

Special Interest – “Endure” - Limited Edition Yellow Vinyl

SKU:

AVAILABILITY: In stock (3 items)

$30.00

Hurry up! Sales Ends In

Hurry! Only 3 Left in Stock!

PRODUCT INFORMATION
PRODUCT INFORMATION
* We are a very small record shop with two members staff, so please be patient when contacting us with your questions. Alternatively, you can check our FAQ section as the information you need need may be there. *


* Please note this is a pre-order and wont be dispatched until 04/11/22. Anything ordered with this item will not be dispatched until that date. All pre-orders are dependent on allocation from our distributors. *

 

New Orleans no-wave punks Special Interest will release Endure, their third album and Rough Trade Records debut, on Friday, November 4th, 2022.

 

On every level, Special Interest is uncompromising: in their adventurous sound, their high-energy live performances, and their convictions. Dance music and punk culture have flirted in the warehouse before, but Special Interest’s desire to dismantle genre is informed by a larger abolitionist worldview that resists constraint, category, and conformity. Their music is a soundtrack to dancing the pain away as much as raging against the machine. 

  

Special Interest describes the experience of recording Endure as “inverted,” since the pandemic obviously stunted the possibilities of live performance, resulting in a new period of experimentation and sonic exploration in which old rules were cast out. Everything the group writes springs from the same source — a hard-hitting drum machine beat — but the possibilities are endless and the outcome always unpredictable. Ruth Mascelli’s work on drum machines and synthesizers provides a foundation, as varying beats lead the group into different directions: rave-ready drum and bass or ballroom-like house on the more dancefloor-friendly cuts, and marching kicks on No Wave-inflected tracks like “Foul”. “Cherry Blue Intention” brings together a sturdy post-punk bassline, shrieking guitar effects, and a jungle breakbeat into a driving anthem of an opening track. 

 

The  new songs recall the art rock of Sparks and The B-52s as much as politically-minded punk, and on “Midnight Legend,” the group is more overtly pop than ever before — making something fun during a time of frequent sadness became a central priority. But that doesn’t mean anything is simple or surface-level, with a darkness often treading beneath the smooth production. For as much as the band plays with dissonance, Maria Elena’s expressive guitar work and Nathan Cassiani’s grooving bass lines effortlessly weave together, and shade out the soundscape brought into existence by Alli Logout’s commanding vocal presence. Collaboration is central to the band’s creative process, and it’s difficult to imagine even one element from the whole of Special Interest subtracted from the equation. Their songs are living organisms, open to the possibility of experimentation and interpretation, but also not the property or creation of any one person.

 

Tracklisting:

 

Cherry Blue Intention

(Herman’s) House

Foul

Midnight Legend

Love Scene

Kurdish Radio

My Displeasure

Impulse Control

Concerning Peace

Interlude

LA Blues

     

    This is a standard cookie notice which you can easily adapt or disable as you like in the admin. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website.

    Special Interest – “Endure” - Limited Edition Yellow Vinyl

    Special Interest – “Endure” - Limited Edition Yellow Vinyl

    $30.00
    Pre-loader