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The Ugly Art
Electronic · 2018 · 16 tracks · 53m

The Ugly Art

Machine Girl

A hyper-aggressive collision of live drumming and digital noise. It sounds like a computer having a panic attack in a crowded basement mosh pit.

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It's like being punched in the face by a sentient computer and liking it.

Relentless, confrontational energy with moments of exhausted, glitchy tenderness.

The Ugly Art · vs · Machine Girl
Drums+1.7σ

The instrumentation foregrounds drums notably more than the catalogue usually does.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks · 53m
01
This is Your Face on Dogs
2:54
02
A Song Called Clive Barker
3:12
03
Kill Screen
3:48
04
Status
3:38
05
First Five Years of Life
0:56
06
Necro Culture Vulture
3:42
07
Congratulations
2:17
08
Roach on Dope
2:16
09
Psycho Signal Jammer
2:29
10
Loop Version
1:57
11
Fuck Puppet
2:47
12
Fuck Your Guns
3:52
13
NWOFKA Skullboy
3:07
14
Full Metal Dipshit
4:01
15
Where Were You
2:31
16
A Decent Man
10:25
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition into live, frantic acoustic drumming on track 2 that anchors the digital noise in physical space.
The sudden, jarring silence and glitch-stutter midway through Kill Screen that mimics a hardware failure.
The sprawling ten-minute conclusion of A Decent Man where the aggression dissolves into a haunting, atmospheric decay.
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