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After a quarter century of nearly nonstop activity, dystopian Detroit synth-punk institution ADULT. Have perfected a strain of stylistic cohesion in the album , Inchbut for this we wanted something that's falling apart.Inch Becoming Undone, the 9th official full-length by co-founders Nicola Kuperus and Adam Lee Miller, explicitly succeeds in this aim, simultaneously rejecting and reflecting the planetary discord that inspired it. Begun in the latter half of 2020 against a backdrop of unprecedented flux and seismic isolation, the duo kickstarted their muse by sourcing fresh additions to the rig a vocal loop pedal for Kuperus and Roland percussion pads for Miller. Reconnecting with legacy influences like the politicized industrial percussion of Test Department and the queasy miscreant synthetics of TG's 20 Jazz Funk Greats sparked a series of fruitfully frenetic sessions, centered on themes of impermanence and dissonance. Miller's rationale is blunt InchWe weren't interested in melody or harmony since we didn't see the world having that.Inch From the tense technoid blitz of InchUndoing / UndoneInch to the twitchy EBM of InchFools (We Are...)Inch and InchI Am Nothing,Inch the sides bristle with strident acidic revolt and black leather sequential circuits, unhinged and unforgiving. Elsewhere, slower tempos of purgatorial unraveling (InchNormative Sludge,Inch InchShe's Nice LookingInch) showcase a breadth of vocal FX, Kuperus sounding alternately indignant and possessed, decrying the crimes, fears, and failings of a deluded world. Throughout, the band's chemistry crackles with revulsion and strobe-lit dissent, equal parts exorcism and denunciation. InchHumans have always been pretty terrible,Inch Kuperus explains. InchBut every year the compromises of culture just accelerate.Inch Becoming Undone is also freighted with a more personal pain, as Kuperus' father passed away
