The Underside of Power

by Algiers

The Underside of Power cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 23 June 2017
  • Label: Matador
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 44:28
  • Community rating: 3.26/5 from 12 ratings

Artists on this release: Matt Tong, Lee Tesche, Ryan Mahan, Jessica Upton Crowe, Ali Chant, Macks Faulkron, Adrian Utley, Travis Ono, Franklin James Fisher, Ashiya Eastwood

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Adding Bloc Party's Matt Tong on drums, the transatlantic quartet delivers a blistering, highly politicized sophomore album. The record brilliantly fuses the intense, soulful vocal deliveries of Southern gospel with the mechanical dread of industrial noise and driving post-punk. It functions as a passionate, urgent protest against systemic racism and the rise of global fascism.

Genres

Descriptors: protest, political, noisy, guitars, sampling, choral

Tracklist

  1. Walk Like A Panther (3:10)
  2. Cry of the Martyrs (4:03)
  3. The Underside of Power (4:12)
  4. Death March (4:31)
  5. A Murmur. A Sign. (3:43)
  6. Mme Rieux (3:34)
  7. Cleveland (3:46)
  8. Animals (2:33)
  9. Plague Years (2:52)
  10. Hymn for an Average Man (4:12)
  11. Bury Me Standing (2:23)
  12. The Cycle/The Spiral: Time to Go Down Slowly (5:25)

Credits

  • Joe Bochniak - arranged by [additional arrangement]
  • Brad Feuerhelm - cover [cover image]
  • Ryan Mahan - drum programming, synth, sampler, bass, synth, drum programming, guitar, bass, backing vocals, baritone guitar, guitar, drum programming, bass, guitar, synth, drum programming, synth, drum programming, backing vocals
  • Matt Tong - percussion, glockenspiel, drums, guitar, backing vocals, drone, chimes
  • Ashiya Eastwood - backing vocals
  • Travis Ono - vocals
  • Jessica Upton Crowe - backing vocals
  • Algiers - Primary Artist
  • Lee Tesche - Guitar, Saxophone, Harmonium, Synth, Other [Music Box], Guitar [Prepared Guitar], Piano [Prepared Piano Noises], Backing Vocals, Percussion, Tape [Tape Loop], Cymbal [Electric Cymbal], Vocals
  • Adrian Utley - Synth, Guitar, Drum Machine, Synth [Modular Synth], Bass [Moog Bass]
  • Franklin James Fisher - Vocals, Piano, Backing Vocals, Cello, Guitar, Percussion, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Tambourine, Keyboards, Sampler, Drum Programming, Double Bass, Synth
  • Ali Chant - Guitar, Backing Vocals
  • Macks Faulkron - Guitar, Percussion

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