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Age Of Anxiety EP

by Sick Jokes

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Input 01:08
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Bang bang Say good bye This is the beginning Sky is dark and full of danger This is the beginning Time to cue the violins Say good bye Truth and lies There is no virgin in the manger Bang bang Blackened eyes This is the day it all begins This is the beginning That thing is out there in the darkness This is the beginning Above the girl is the swan Good bye Same old lies Still we circle round the madness No good byes Eyes forced to see the con Say good bye Bang bang Out in the field there’s a fresh grave Bang bang There’s a mushroom in the sky Bang bang On the horizon there’s a shock wave Bang bang It’s time to say good bye This is the beginning There is a Martian in the cornfield Bang bang This is the beginning Where were you when it awoke? Say good bye Bad advice There is a figure in the doorway With X’ed-out eyes Nobody ever gets the joke Reveal the joke
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Dimmer 04:34
The world gets dimmer so easily The dying of the light A ghost appears in photographs Vanishing from sight Another blow, another bruise On these delights we dread to lose The fire dies, the night begins And no one smiles and no one wins And now it’s getting dimmer and dimmer and dimmer The light leaks out the cracks It’s getting dimmer and dimmer and dimmer Will the light come back The world got dimmer so easily Look through veils to see Time spins, repeats, the wise one laughs And fights the same decree Bad blood flows through broken wings Mining souls for whims of kings Eternal night, the vision dies Words are caught in frozen eyes Jai guru deva Bringer of light Bring the light back Will the light come back
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about

Picking up directly from their previous release, “The Great Hereafter EP” (April 2022), the latest from the ocean-spanning Sick Jokes collective is meant to be the reflective (or perhaps refractive) counterpart to that record.

Acting together as two parts of a greater whole, the two EP’s merge together seamlessly and can be listened to back to back without a break. Where “The Great Hereafter” raged outward from the galactic masculine, in fact, “thinking about your death,” “Age Of Anxiety” rages inward from a colder, sadder, feminine perspective, “thinking about your life.”

Dark, mysterious, and driving forth like a fire-hooved horse from anxietatem dimensio, “Age Of Anxiety” reflects the times with a cornucopia of sonic witchcraft from various producers. Continuing on in Sick Jokes’ trademark “beauty and the beast” dynamic, this record finds SJ’s scream dream Sean Haezebrouck complemented by not one, but FOUR fantastic femme fatales. The elusive MsMMMcG starts things off by indeed “thinking about your life” on the opening “Input” followed by Los Angeles impresario and Gritty in Pink boss lady Shiragirl on “This Is The Beginning.” Detroit’s Kate Hinote, both of her own eponymous trio as well as noir-rockers Blueflowers lends her soaring talent to “Dimmer,” and Austin’s Rona Rougeheart of the awesome SINE brings a cold precision to the classic Prince number “I Would Die 4 U” to close the EP with a depth charge.

“Age Of Anxiety” is executively produced and mixed as always by COP International’s in-house legend, The Wizard of London, John Fryer, who also brings his considerable sorcery to the remix of “Dimmer,” while three remixers tackle “This Is The Beginning” — Walter Flakus of industrial superheroes Stabbing Westward along with Detroit Industrial OG’s EXT EST and Decompiler.

Much as original Age Of Anxiety scribe W. H. Auden did, this record seeks perspective within growing darkness and reflects on life while being cast into the abyss.

Revelare iocus!

credits

released October 28, 2022

Sean Haezebrouck: Vocals, Drums, Synths, Sound Design
Michael Madill: Editing, Guitars, Bass, Sound Design
Robert McCarroll: Rhythms, Synths, Sound Design
Instagram: @sickjokesband

Vocals on “Input” by MsMMMcg
msmmmcg.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @msmmmcg

Vocals on “This Is The Beginning” by Shiragirl
shiragirl.com/music
Instagram: @shira_girl

Vocals on “Dimmer” by Kate Hinote
katehinote.com
Instagram: @k8highnote

Vocals on “I Would Die 4 U” by Rona Rougeheart/SINE
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Instagram: @sinebandofficial

Produced by Sick Jokes
Mixed and Executive Production by John Frÿêr
Mastered by SLam/Stephen Lam

Cover art by E. C. Prince

All songs except “I Would Die 4 U” Sporedom Music (BMI), Michael John Madill Music (BMI), 8Bit Problem Publishing (BMI). Sean plays Soultone Cymbals exclusively.

Thanks: Christian Petke, John Fryer, Margaret McGlynn, Shira Yevin, Kate Hinote, Rona Rougeheart, Stephen Lam, Eric Prince, Kirill Slavin, Walter Flakus, Justin Ivey, Tony Hamera, Ed Donnelly, Plasmic, Mary Vinette, Amy Culpert, Alec Haezebrouck and Poppy.

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Sick Jokes is an international collective of artists who create heavy electronic music.
Soundtrack for the Apocalypse. With guitars.

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