Neocons

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Neocons Back to Zero cassette

Los Angeles-based NEOCONS have returned with a fresh batch of tracks to torment your psyche. NEOCONS is a masked duo, blending metal, punk, electronic, and samples to create a very distinctive sound. Their latest release questions our contemporary reality as filtered through the lense of recent history, or how American propaganda distorts the perception of the citizenry to allow the political machine to continue to fuck us while waging endless warfare. The nine-song Back to Zero cassette explores all that and more while our two heroes create a cacophony you can shake your ass to. So, yeah you should go listen to it now.

Neocons EP cassette

Industrial dance punk from L.A. Skittery tech beats, slogan lyrics, chirping synths, and news clips about war and societal collapse put this somewhere between a DIY MINISTRY and a less brutal L.O.T.I.O.N. These five churning tracks would work on a club floor or a punk dive equally well, and sound like a call-back to the ’80s Wax Trax! sound with their earnest lyrics and everything-to-the-front production. The lyric and delivery of “Who’s laughing now? / That’s what I thought” from “Perleche” would fit a vintage NINE INCH NAILS song. It’s a very particular era and sound to base your band around, but NEOCONS do it well. Check it out if you’re pissed but still wanna dance.