Layered vocals like a sustained echo lead us into the world of Pleasure Craft’s “Dead Weight” which brings the crackling distortion that explodes into a driving, pounding industrial soundscape once the song gets going. Syncopated percussion marks measured time as if putting an exclamation point on a line. Sam Lewis’ vocals take over and then joined by Mingjia Chen, both singing about a character who seems a victim of circumstance, essentially a passive cipher who is on his way to digging something of value within him out that may set him free, a terrifying prospect when being part of the landscape is so comfortable and has its own socially sanctioned rewards. The electrifying momentum of the song suggests that the safe state of affairs is unsustainable when the currents of aggravation and resistance are already flowing freely and you’re ready to let go of your own life’s dead weight. Listen to “Dead Weight” on Bandcamp and follow Pleasure Craft at the links below.
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