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Displeasure Annihilation / Billionaire Death Drive LP

DISPLEASURE, a side project of New Zealand’s UNSANITARY NAPKIN, released the Annihilation / Billionaire Death Drive LP about six months ago—yes, I’m proverbially late to the party. Layered synth work, distorted guitars, pulsing blasts of beats, and sound clips intermingle into rage-driven E-beat similar to SCUMPUTER, STREET GLOVES, or L.O.T.I.O.N. There are several tracks on Annihilation / Billionaire Death Drive that have earworm qualities which will live in your aural canal for a while. When consumed completely, Annihilation / Billionaire Death Drive is dense with political defiance against the technocrats and oligarchs of the world while also being critical of the cultural manipulations of the ruling elite. An in-depth dive into our contemporary global hellscape.

Unsanitary Napkin All Billionaires Are Bastards LP

Raging political hardcore from Te Whanganui-a-Tara in New Zealand. Very few bands accurately pull off the sonic expression of pure anger and frustration with the injustices of our society, which UNSANITARY NAPKIN does in a vicious manner, with tracks in support of figures like Josie Butler, who threw a dildo at Steven Joyce in protest of signing the TPP, and a track criticizing conservative billionaire Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel. All Billionaires Are Bastards is a great, direct representation of the ills of our society.