Heavy Riffs & Social Critique: Shaven Primates Return With
Kill The Algorithm
Oxford four-piece Shaven Primates have recently released their new EP "Kill The Algorithm", moving further towards hard rock and punk while retaining elements of the art-rock and post-punk influences that have featured throughout their previous work.
Opener "Saviour" is a proper, larger than life introduction to the incredible vocal range of frontman Mark. This isn't your bog standard vocal at all, the band quote influences including Velvet Underground, Kate Bush, Tool, Prodigy, Yes, the Clash, Bowie, Porcupine Tree, and Pink Floyd, in fact at times it reminded me of Babylon Zoo's epic track Spaceman that hit the UK charts back in the 90s.
Opener "Saviour" is a proper, larger than life introduction to the incredible vocal range of frontman Mark. This isn't your bog standard vocal at all, the band quote influences including Velvet Underground, Kate Bush, Tool, Prodigy, Yes, the Clash, Bowie, Porcupine Tree, and Pink Floyd, in fact at times it reminded me of Babylon Zoo's epic track Spaceman that hit the UK charts back in the 90s.
"Pioneer Way" has a real punk edge to it with heavy rock style drum work driving things from the back seat while the guitar has the freedom to open up. Here is what the band have said about it:
"Largely written as a fun track over the living anxieties and stresses heard from our guitarist Tom, it evolved into exploring the things he rants about which largely derive around the sudden National desire to put flags on lamp posts and roundabouts. Ideas were taken from the Sex Pistols and tapping into the same levels of rage and anxiety seen and heard in the punk of the late 70s."
That sort of says everything you need to know about the entire EP really, they are definitely a socially conscious band who are unafraid to say it as they see it. Tackling the scourge of radicalisation of impressionable young minds that has become evermore commonplace with the rise of social media.
Kill The Algorithm follows previous releases Chasing The Dragon, Birds Aren't Real and Child Of Dirt, each of which addressed different themes including desire, alternative thinking, childhood trauma and addiction. The band have managed to get their message across, and messaging aside, the EP is a really great record that definitely deserves a spot on your playlist.
You can check Kill The Algorithm out for yourself right now, don't forget to visit their website to keep up to date with all of the latest Shaven Primates news.
"Largely written as a fun track over the living anxieties and stresses heard from our guitarist Tom, it evolved into exploring the things he rants about which largely derive around the sudden National desire to put flags on lamp posts and roundabouts. Ideas were taken from the Sex Pistols and tapping into the same levels of rage and anxiety seen and heard in the punk of the late 70s."
That sort of says everything you need to know about the entire EP really, they are definitely a socially conscious band who are unafraid to say it as they see it. Tackling the scourge of radicalisation of impressionable young minds that has become evermore commonplace with the rise of social media.
Kill The Algorithm follows previous releases Chasing The Dragon, Birds Aren't Real and Child Of Dirt, each of which addressed different themes including desire, alternative thinking, childhood trauma and addiction. The band have managed to get their message across, and messaging aside, the EP is a really great record that definitely deserves a spot on your playlist.
You can check Kill The Algorithm out for yourself right now, don't forget to visit their website to keep up to date with all of the latest Shaven Primates news.