Beating the Retreat

by Test Dept.

Beating the Retreat cover art

Forged in the decaying urban landscape of South London, this uncompromising debut epitomizes the physical, sheet-metal bashing wing of the early industrial movement. The collective utilized salvaged scrap metal and heavy machinery to create dense, polyrhythmic onslaughts that served as a direct socialist critique of Thatcher's industrial policies. The resulting sonic assault is as much a political rally as it is a musical recording.

Genres

  • Industrial

Tracklist

  1. The Fall From Light
  2. Kick To Kill
  3. Total State Machine
  4. Plastic
  5. Inheritance
  6. Cold Witness
  7. Sweet Sedation
  8. Spring Into Action