Death Grips are no such group to be expected to tentatively announce new things. Since the release of 'Grips first single Full Moon, they blasted to the forefront of the indie music scene in a three-way assault of blistering drums, malfunctioning synths and outrageous vocals. It was noisy, violent, shocking... and very contemporary, delivering a monumental "screw you!" to conventional music theory. Even more shocking was 'Grips first full-length release, after weeks of song teasers in the form of strange, unconventional music videos. Death Grips' debut release Exmilitary provided a thematic deconstruction of the modern man, with lyrical concepts such as drug abuse (Spread Eagle Cross the Block), technology (Takyon, Culture Shock), sex (I Want It I Need It) and altogether detailing the downward spiral of man as he (or we?) succumbs to his own greed, desire and anger to indulge in his own insane, sickening lowlife fantasy, and to be honest... it sounds like he enjoys it.
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| MC Ride indulges in a tank full of Ribena. |
After several weeks of silence from Death Grips, out of the blue (or dark, if you will) comes Black Google, the instrumental release of Exmilitary. Detailed on the album's webpage, Black Google is described by the group as the "Portal to the deconstruction of Exmilitary". However, this is no normal instrumental album. Black Google also contains all of the master tracks used in the production of Exmilitary, available to fans and producers for remixing or just standalone listening. While this may seem gimmicky at first, Black Google expands on the main themes of Exmilitary. After events occurring during the album completely strip "the man" of his dignity and sanity, the pieces of the songs, his humanity, are perversely laid out for us to observe. Man's humanity is broken and left behind while our bodies take in the pleasures of the flesh. It truly is a proper deconstruction of the human psyche. That's pretty profound for an free instrumental album.
That's not all, though. To promote the album, 'Grips premiered a short 2-minute film of the same name on their YouTube channel the same day. It's angry, disturbing, and it's everything we expect from these guys by now. It also complements the new release quite nicely.
You can watch it here:
Insane, right?
All we have to do now is wait for the new album to be released. Man has reached the point of no return, his pieces are laid out on the floor... it's only a matter of time now.
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