Subhumans - Time Flies + Rats - VINYL LP

Limited white colored vinyl LP pressing. 2023 . Some people have commented that Tinariwen have always been a country band, albeit a North African take on that most North American of genres. That idea is magnified on Amatssou, which finds the Tuareg band's trademark snaking guitar lines and hypnotic rhythms blending seamlessly with pedal steel, piano and strings from guest musicians including Daniel Lanois, the embellished arrangements lending the songs an epic, universal application. Full of poetic allegory, the lyrics call for unity and freedom. There are songs of struggle and resistance with oblique references to the recent desperate political upheavals in Mali and the increasing power of the Salafists.

As a staple of the punk scene, ALL of The Subhumans records are still in high demand, and this long overdue repress of their 2007 album couldn't be coming at a better time. With their new album, Crisis Point, out September 13th, and two US tours happening this fall & European touring to follow, we couldn't be happier to be getting this catalog piece repressed and available once more.

Subhumans are one of the most influential bands from the UK Anarcho-Punk scene of the 80's, filed right alongside Crass and Conflict, and just as relevant today as they were during the darkest days of Thatcher's Britain. This is their first new music in 12 years - ten new songs about terror/pollution/mind control and similar reflections on a world in crisis!