| Pain Magazine (Birds in Row + Maelstrom and Louisahhh) releases their debut single “Violent God”, the title track of their upcoming album. The collision of these two worlds happened by near-accident, a ‘let’s see what happens’ studio session in the dead of winter, and evolved from a single track into an entire album written over the course of sixteen days. The first song produced has thus become the first single, and the title track of the album ‘Violent God’. Perhaps the song in which separate parties’ influences are most evident, Violent God combines the heavy, raucous instrumentals of Birds in Row with the focused, machine-driven sensibilities for which Maelstrom is known and Louisahhh’s unhinged roaring. Lyrically teetering in on a brink between victim and villain, the track explores a fertile void in between belief, worship and blame. ‘Do I believe in a violent god? You make me believe,’ howls Louisahhh over the storm of guitars and electronics in an interrogation and declaration both personal and political. All of the artists implicated in this impressive new project have a history of and dedication to values of authenticity, integrity and bravely honing light from darkness with sound and words. With Violent God, two worlds collide and become something else, a beast with sharper teeth and bloodier claws, more guts, more poetry. This is just the beginning |
