These Are Powers | Life Of Birds

The fact that 99.99% of the world’s population does not live in Brooklyn cuts both ways. Fortunately, we manage to avoid Dan Humphrey mumbling faux-etry on street corners whilst gazing longingly at the Upper East Side, but sadly we miss things like These Are Powers.

Their new album ‘All Aboard Future’ (released on Dead Oceans) transcends any genre identification that I can call to mind. If bags of bones and flesh marked Liars, Gang Gang Dance, Comanechi, Black Dice, Throbbing Gristle and PiL were thrown on the operating table and grafted together using some blunt electronics, the resultant Frankenstein would soon be found in the corner jamming rhythms for the next These Are Powers record. The band call it “ghost punk”, I call it an addictive, tribal goo. Whatever powers they actually claim to have, I swear that some primordial beast is at work amidst this artful mess.

In addition to these tracks ripped from the belly of the album, the trio – which features ex-Liars bassist Pat Noecker – have also curated a podcast at Urb, featuring Eliot Lipp, Salem, Mahjongg, Arp, Telepathe and other kindred spirits.

These Are Powers – Life Of Birds | mp3

Bonus: These Are Powers – Adam’s Turtle | mp3

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