This week in the Basement: reviews of new albums from Róisín Murphy, A Certain Ratio, Wax Chattels, Hen Ogledd (Richard Dawson), Profligate, and Mint Field.
Plus: The Bronx/The Explosion, Fishbone/Living Colour, Gabe Gurnsey (of Factory Floor), GWAR, Cruel Hand/Take Offense, Empress Of, Daniel Romano, Beach Bunny/Field Medic, and more tour news.
”When writing Harder Rhythm I was drawing from the two very connected basic primal instincts of sexual attraction and our instilled affinity with rhythm,” says Gabe of the song that was also influenced by a ’Thriller’ track. His solo debut is out in August.
"The album is very escapist in one sense even though I don’t want to escape from Factory Floor but what I do on my own has to be separate and it has to explore new avenues," says Gabe of his solo debut.
Nine Inch Nails recently revealed that they'd be completing the trilogy that began with 2016's Not The Actual Events and 2017's Add Violence with Bad Witch on June 22. Now, the first taste of the new record is here...