17 November 2023 - 0 Comments

A Crude Mechanical is the solo project of Shane Warbrooke, formerly of Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau bands The Bemsha Swing, 1000, and Climate Change.

It's an instrumental project because, as Warbrooke says, "there's no point in having lyrics anymore. Far-right fascists play Rage Against The Machine at their rallies. People will spend 20 minutes explaining how Green Day are actually pro-American aggression after playing songs off American Idiot." Lyrics can be hijacked.

Fun fact: "The song titles on the album join together to make a single statement about everyone desperately needing to broadcast their super nuanced expert opinion hot takes about everything 24/7, and how fun and interesting that is."

The first single from Discourse, A Decoration of Moments was a video-only release, which went out into the world on Friday October 6

A Crude Mechanical's current single And We Bleed Metrics can be heard on a number of radio stations around Aotearoa, and keep an eye out for a gorgeous new video also debuting on Friday.

Alongside the album, A Crude Mechanical also today unveils a gorgeous new video for All We Need Is.

Discourse is currently available on vinyl from Flying Out flyingout.co.nz, Relics (Dunedin/Ōtautahi) relics.co.nz, and A Crude Mechanical on Bandcamp. 

Listen to Discourse here

A Crude Mechanical Discourse album release show
With Crash Teslas (Thom Burton from Guardian Singles)
Saturday November 18
Wine Cellar
Karangahape Rd, Tāmaki Makaurau
More info here

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