Street Sects: If Life’s a Gift, It’s in Very Poor Taste.
Post-industrial duo Street Sects emerged with their pointed, dirge-ridden social commentary serial album ‘Gentrification,’ and the series is now nearing its close with its fourth installment. In memoriam of the career-defining pursuit, Street Sects has unveiled the fierce a-side opener to Gentrification IV, along with an accompanying video directed by A.F. CORTÉS.
Gentrification IV is the penultimate installment of the eponymous series that served as a launching pad and stylistic credo for Street Sects, who formed in 2013. Poking and prodding the increasing class disparity plaguing urban America, the Gentrification series interrogates the exploitation of art for the sake of capitalist gain. Driven by machine-made bleats, tongue-in-cheek lyricism, teeth-gritting vocals, and brutal irony, Gentrificationis a distillation of Street Sects in both style and sonics. Gentrification IV is also coupled with a short story — “Suspended From Gallery Rails” — written by Sects ringleader Leo Ashline.
Aching for catharsis, Street Sects embrace the ethos of punk and the experimental zeal of the industrial scene and once again have crafted a rawboned, bareknuckled sound anchored in deft lyrical storytelling.
Gentrification IV: Suspended from Gallery Rails will be released via The Flenser on November 22nd. Catch Street Sects on tour throughout North America in the coming months
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Photography by: A.F. CORTÉS