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Released on January 4, 2016 via Box Records
With our media focusing on the perils and drives of religions, Robert Anton Wilson & The Discordians are roaring back into vogue; and this album is a perfectly timed reflection of the re-issue of RAW works, and the new book on The Discordians.
The EP is short and to the point (under 20 minutes), but manages to pack in a selection of punk stylings mixed up with esoteric content and a driving metallic back line. Track titles are relentlessly 20th century, aping well known songs from the 70’s to late 90’s and matching a style from a similar time frame to each title. ‘I Hate Jazz’ opens with bird song and lounge vibe, then quickly descends into a full on thrash that somehow manages to remain jazz at its core though extreme, punky and onerous to the ears.
Its album mate ‘Large Hadron Collider’ is indeed a glorious smashing of sounds together. Opening track ‘World War Two (Part Two)’ similarly doesn’t fail – war like, smatterings of a manifesto, a clear call to arms that settles you in for the tracks ahead, and features feedback and a distinctly ‘hard drive dying’ sound that you come to find is a thread sewn through the whole EP.
The self-described ‘Discordian’ group have clearly read around the topic, and are a worthy part of the whole constructed chaos cult. The Hidden Persuaders is a fantastic, mesmeric 17 1/2 minutes, and leaves you needing to reflect on the constructivism of the modern age. Even the release method is in tune. So hey, as followers of the futurist, they’ve succeeded.
Go and buy it, hear it and use it as a hook into and onto your own cosmic trigger; I just wish they’d got it ready for November 23rd…
