Meat Wave - Malign Hex - VINYL LP

Swami Records is excited to glom onto Chicago punks Meat Wave for the of their fourth album Malign Hex. Ryan Wizniak (drums), Joe Gac (bass) and Chris Sutter (vocals, guitar) strip back the InchWindy City SoundInch and expose a more jagged and turbulent frame. The ten-track album, which features singles InchWhat Would You Like Me To DoInch as well as InchRidiculous CarInch and InchHonest Living,Inch was recorded by Gac in 2019 and serves as the band's most cohesive, dynamic and ambitious work to date. InchOur sound in the beginning was consistently very driving,Inch says Gac. InchNow, that characteristic is merely a tool we can reach for. I don't think it completely defines what we're doing.Inch Meat Wave spent the last half of 2019 chipping away at Malign Hex. InchWe recorded it the same way we always have-live in a room together,Inch says drummer Ryan Wizniak. InchBut we allowed ourselves to embellish more and take more chances with extra instrumentation.Inch While Malign Hex does incorporate synths, organs and walls of guitar, it provides only nuance and atmosphere and does not displace Meat Wave from their meat locker.The album's lyrics center around themes of lineage and explores a litany of subjects and circumstances addiction, greed, unreliable memory, obedience. All through a surrealist, collage-like lens. InchEveryone wears a backpack full of hexes,Inch Chris Sutter explains. InchIt's heavy and familial. And it's yours.Inch