Preoccupations Again

Canadian post-punk band Preoccupations released their new album today. Probably better known as Viet Cong they they were well known as one of those bands that could transfer the spirit of the early 80's into today. Their songs were a perfect combination of electronic music (sometimes they remind me with their steady rhythms to Kraftwertk) and guitar inspired sounds of the early 80's. I really like them and would like to see them once live.

 

Everything, All The Time

During the last days I didn't found the time to work on my blog because my former wife and her husband visited me and I had to take times for them when I came home  from work. Yesterday we went to our local pub to play some pool. For the fact that I didn't play so often I was still good in playing. Seems like you don't unlearn something you trained in your younger days. Today's track is from the latest record by Ulrika Spacek a new London based quintet. A song with fuzzy sound and its loud-quiet dynamics referees to Sonic Youth and Preoccupation makes it worth to listen to.

Viet Cong ...

finished to  be a band with this name. There were too many controversy about her name remaining the original Viet Cong with these words: "We are a band who wants to make music and play our music for our fans. We are not here to cause pain or remind people of atrocities of the past". Viet Cong made one of the best records in 2015 and they went out of my radar since they changed their name last year. Now they want to be named by Preoccupations and nothing changed in their music since then. It is an forgotten masterpiece from last year's record. The LP with the same title has it all: powerful noisy post-punk songs, a little bit of psychedelic and futuristic elements that sometimes reminds to Blade Runner. If I got closer to this record it would be in my last year rundown. Pure music to pure people. Try this.

Preoccupations - Anxiety
Preoccupations - Zodiac
Preoccupations - Degraded
Preoccupations - Memory