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The Burden of Mules
Rock · 1983 · 9 tracks

The Burden of Mules

The Wolfgang Press

Abrasive, bass-heavy post-punk from 1983. Dark baritone vocals navigate a landscape of skeletal rhythms and jagged, industrial-tinged noise.

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It's like a dark, industrial fever dream that refuses to let you wake up.

A relentless and claustrophobic exploration of urban dread and existential tension.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
01
Lisa (The Passion)
3:01
02
Prostitute I
3:01
03
The Burden of Mules
3:43
04
Complete and Utter
3:40
05
Prostitute II
3:26
06
Slow as a Child
6:36
07
Journalists
3:32
08
Give It Back
6:04
09
On the Hill
10:59
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring, discordant guitar stabs that puncture the rhythmic gloom of the title track.
Michael Allen's vocal transition from a detached mumble to a theatrical, desperate shout.
The sprawling, ten-minute descent of On the Hill where the structure slowly disintegrates into noise.
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