Expressions Of Interest Screensaver SKU: UTR141 Barcode: 828887114111 17.00 £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Upset The Rhythm Released Date: 8th October 2021 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info ‘Expressions of Interest’ is the debut album from Melbourne/Naarm post-punk group screensaver. Sonically, the 10 track album is rich and detailed, and pays homage to its era of inspiration (late 70s-mid 80s post-punk and new wave) with gripping vocals, dissonant guitar, melodic basslines, washes of synths and motorik drumming. Engineered by Julian Cue alongside band member Chris Stephenson and recorded over multiple studio sessions between 2020-2021 The album opens with the ominously titled ‘Body Parts’, an immediately arresting song that showcases the bands penchant for blending classic post-punk elements, leaning into a sound somewhere between the Banshees and Protomartyr. Maynard doubles down on these themes in the frenetic second track, ‘No Movement’. Guttural organ tones swim under overdriven guitar, jagged and intense. Additional textures and sound effects are used percussively to embellish the dynamics, creating a feverish atmosphere with some Martin Hannett like flourishes. The album takes a surprising turn into electronic driven krautrock on track three with ‘Buy, Sell, Trade’ – a rollicking piece of danceable ephemera, dominated by swirling synth sounds and punctuated with electronics reminiscent of Sparks/Moroder collaborations. Chris Stephenson’s masterful guitar work begins with Greg Sage-esque determination before a crescendo into a lush Frippertronics outro. ‘MEDS’ transports us back to the foundation established on ‘Body Parts’, a gothy piece, full of tribal toms and dirge-y synths. Industrial punk rock nearly swallowed whole by the keys in the middle and slowly building back to complimentary guitar and vocal hooks. It’s from this point in the album that the band let’s their other influences rise to the surface, as they explore touches of EDM on ‘Static State’ – a brutal, death-disco style track, Krystal Maynard’s lead synth and gloomy vocal complimenting the pounding drums and dub-esque bass line culminating in a track worthy of the dancefloor. Opening side two we have ‘Skin’, beginning with a solid and simple backbeat, James Beck’s post-punk percussion provides a steady and minimal framework for the rest of the band to colour in with great depth and detail. Giles Fielke’s bass guitar wobbles brilliantly leading the verse melody, whilst Chris Stephenson’s guitar drives the chorus that folds neatly in on itself. In ‘Attention Economy’, Krystal Maynard is flexible with her lyrical style, and knows how and when to lend her voice to the greater backdrop of the composition. ‘Attention Economy’ has an almost Kraftwerkian structure – repetitious, but engaging with its constant tom driven beat, lush synth lines and minimal bass tones. Just when you thought things had slowed down, screensaver ramp things right back up again with ‘Overnight Low’ – a no holds barred thumper. Giles Fielke underpins the hard-edged sound with his bassline, keeping things smooth and tight. It brings to mind a hybrid of PiL’s ‘Annalisa’ and Wire’s ‘Two People In a Room.’ Before you can catch your breath, we have ‘Regular Hours’ – another industrial track, and perhaps the sister song to ‘Static State’ heard earlier on side one. Seething electronic drum samples cut through an abyss of growling synths, Giles Fielke hanging up the bass temporarily to accompany Krystal Maynard on synth duties. The album closes with the fittingly titled ‘Soft Landing’, literally bringing the listener back down…softly. The song is heavy on atmos, and resembles the aesthetics previously encountered on ‘Attention Economy’ a few tracks earlier. ‘Expressions of Interest” was recorded at various locations across Melbourne, with a handful of songs being captured before the start of the Covid pandemic in January 2020. With the recording timeline being drastically altered, the band shifted focus to work on what would become their first single ‘Strange Anxiety’, throughout the first months of the Melbourne 2020 lockdown. Artist Screensaver Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Upset The Rhythm Buying Options 180g 1LP Format 180g , 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Body Parts No Movement Buy, Sell, Trade MEDS Static State Skin Attention Economy Overnight Low Regular Hours Soft Landing Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Spelling Mazy Fly Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Sacred Bones Records | 1LP Released 22nd February 2019 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Spelling Mazy Fly £23.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sacred Bones Records SKU: SBR210LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 22nd February 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Rage Against the Machine Renegades Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | We Are Vinyl | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 28th September 2018 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Rage Against the Machine Renegades £18.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: We Are Vinyl SKU: 19075844081 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 28th September 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sublime Second-Hand Smoke Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | UMC | 2LP Released 22nd November 2016 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sublime Second-Hand Smoke £24.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: UMC SKU: 4781171 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 22nd November 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bully Losing Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Sub Pop | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 20th October 2017 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bully Losing £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sub Pop SKU: SP1211 Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 20th October 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Phoxjaw Royal Swan Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Hassle Records | 1LP Released 3rd July 2020 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Phoxjaw Royal Swan £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Hassle Records SKU: HOFF344LPA Formats: 1LP Released Date: 3rd July 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Gruesome Savage Land Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Relapse | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 20th April 2015 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Gruesome Savage Land £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Relapse SKU: 0781676729517 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 20th April 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Minus The Bear Voids Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Suicide Squeeze | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 3rd March 2017 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Minus The Bear Voids £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Suicide Squeeze SKU: SSQ152LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 3rd March 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Worriers Imaginary Life Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Don Giovanni | 1LP Released 7th August 2015 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Worriers Imaginary Life £16.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Don Giovanni SKU: LPDG102 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 7th August 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Fat Dog WOOF. 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