• Violent God, by Pain Magazine

• Violent God, by Pain Magazine

Pain Magazine has issues. Shredding blistering post-hardcore into songs of personal turmoil and social critique, Birds in Row’s ferocious vulnerability is backed by Maelstrom’s decades of club-honed industrial techno, sharp in precision and political edge. DJ, vocalist and activist Louisahhh fronts the project with excoriating techno-punk power. Their harshed-out guitar energy and pulses of machinic bleepage bleed into busted-open vocal urgency and synthetic coldness, solidified into a sonic incineration of complacency.

Released on Humus Records, their debut album Violent God wrests with internal and external tyranny, each line bruised by accusation and wonder. On stage this volatile mixture confronts audience and system alike as the corrosive effects of unchecked capitalism are eviscerated, opening its belly to show how it devours not only goods, but dignity, necessity, and hope.