Half Eaten By Dogs Serfs, The SKU: 21.00 23.00 £21.00 - £23.00 £21.00 - £23.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Trouble In Mind Released Date: 27th October 2023 Buying Format: 1LP 1LP Coloured Vinyl Buying Options Choose an option1LP1LP Coloured VinylClear Half Eaten By Dogs quantity Add to basket ReserveBack Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Anyone paying attention can see that Cincinnati, OH is a very real hotbed of musical creativity at the moment, and the three members of The Serfs – Dylan McCartney (vocals, percussion, guitar, bass, electronics), Dakota Carlyle (Electronics, bass, guitar, vocals) & Andie Luman (vocals, synths) – and their respective side projects (The Drin, Crime of Passing, Motorbike) are undeniably near the center of Cincinnati’s neu-underground scene. After releasing albums on Berlin minimal-synth label Detriti & Seattle-based DREAM Records in 2018 & 2022 respectively, the band makes the move to Trouble In Mind for their third and best album yet. “Half Eaten By Dogs” puts a decidedly Midwestern spin on the modernist twitch of future-forward bands like Total Control or Cold Beat as well as the post-industrialist dance floor grime of Skinny Puppy, Dark Day, This Heat or Factrix. “Half Eaten by Dogs” is a wide-eyed look through a scope into a desiccated and heathenish vision, where ice-encrusted synth harmonies command oozing chemical rhythms and drilled-out elemental rock formations. There’s a psychedelic melancholy to it– in both the abstract lyrical sense, with doomed proclamations of natural and supernatural disasters, and the more tangible musical sense. It veers all over the map of tenebrous drum and synthesizer industries and stygian guitar implements, at times with a cautious paranoia and at times with tuneful defiance and exuberance (and in some moments harmonica, saxophone or flute). The album kicks off with the driving ‘Order Imposing Sentence’, a motorik rocker propelled by machine-driven rhythm & tarnished guitar riffing. ‘Cheap Chrome’s skeletal pulse drops in next, summoning the spirit of Cabaret Voltaire’s synth heartbeat into a modern-day mirror reality. ‘Suspension Bridge Collapse’ is a shimmering track that calls to mind Suicide’s oft-neglected second album, buoyed by what sounds like synthesized laser blasts (or perhaps suspension wires snapping?) before the siren-like guitar of ‘Beat Me Down’ kicks in – Its propulsive post-punk offering a sonic diversity under the same dark cloud. ‘Spectral Analysis’ is a late night drive down a lost highway, with a ghostly saxophone (by Eric Dietrich) guiding the doomed listener like the pied piper to their destiny. The flat-out sexy floor filler ‘Club Deuce’ kicks off side two, with its low-end sizzle designed to make you move, slithering like a lurker at the threshold of the dance floor. ‘Electric Like An Eel’ follows, with its “Brotherhood”-esque synth trills & harmonica punctuating the buzzing din. ‘Ending Of The Stream’ adds an unexpected natural warmth to the album, its blanket of synthesized tones envelops like a loving embrace, while ‘The Dice Man Will Become’s triumphant melody comforts as its Rother-like guitar volleys aim skyward. ‘Mocking Laughter’ closes out the album, its waves of synthesis evoking flashes of an end credits sequence – an apropos ending to a truly cinematic album. “Half Eaten By Dogs” successfully coalesces everything that The Serfs have accomplished to date, but with greater intent and purpose than their preceding albums by a mile. There are songs to dance to, and songs to take in during a storm or while riding free through the roads of the world. It may be a step further down into the catacombs for the band, but if the principle of correspondence is correct, then they could be their way to somewhere higher. RIYL: Total Control, Cold Beat, Dark Day, Factrix, Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, This Heat, New Order, Skinny Puppy, Soft Cell, Depeche Mode, Sextile, Suicide Artist Serfs, The Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Trouble In Mind Buying Options 1LP , 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings Order Imposing Sequence Cheap Chrome Suspension Bridge Collapse Beat Me Down Spectral Analysis Club Deuce Electric Like An Eel Ending Of The Stream The Dice Man Will Become Mocking Laughter Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Boyfriends, The Wrapped Up In A Dream Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Reminder Records | 1LP Released 16th December 2022 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Boyfriends, The Wrapped Up In A Dream £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Reminder Records SKU: REM17P Formats: 1LP Released Date: 16th December 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Cavemen, The Nuke Earth Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Slovenly | 1LP Released 28th March 2018 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Cavemen, The Nuke Earth £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Slovenly SKU: 702-208 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 28th March 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Parkway Drive Horizons Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Epitaph | 1LP Released 19th April 2024 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Parkway Drive Horizons £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Epitaph SKU: 868781 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 19th April 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Billy Talent Crisis Of Faith – Indies Only Coloured Vinyl Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Spinefarm Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 6th May 2022 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Billy Talent Crisis Of Faith – Indies Only Coloured Vinyl £23.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Spinefarm Records SKU: SPINE832934 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 6th May 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tubelord Our First American Friends // Tezcatlipoca Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Hassle Records | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 30th October 2020 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tubelord Our First American Friends // Tezcatlipoca £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Hassle Records SKU: HOFF15X15LP04 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 30th October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nirvana Live At The Paramount Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Geffen | 180g, 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 10th April 2019 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nirvana Live At The Paramount £28.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Geffen SKU: 7732941 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 10th April 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Slaughter Beach, Dog Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Lame-O Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 22nd September 2023 £30.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Slaughter Beach, Dog Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling £30.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Lame-O Records SKU: LMO100LPC1 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 22nd September 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Bastions / Burning Bright Swan Songs Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Palm Reader | 12", Coloured Vinyl, Single Released 26th September 2023 £5.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Bastions / Burning Bright Swan Songs £5.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Palm Reader SKU: nn272762 Formats: 12", Coloured Vinyl, Single Released Date: 26th September 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Afghan Whigs, The Black Love – 20th Anniversary Edition Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Mute | 3LP Released 22nd November 2016 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Afghan Whigs, The Black Love – 20th Anniversary Edition £34.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Mute SKU: XLSTUMM143 Formats: 3LP Released Date: 22nd November 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Shayne P Carter Offsider Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Flying Nun Records | 1LP Released 4th August 2017 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Shayne P Carter Offsider £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Flying Nun Records SKU: FN571LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 4th August 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Start again
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