Shrinkwrap Killers | Photograph by Fern Alberts
Oakland’s lo-fi synth punk menace Shrinkwrap Killers returns with Feed the Clones Pt. 2, the most recent chapter in Greg Wilkinson’s twisted new wave saga—out June 13 by way of Carbonized Information. Greatest recognized for his function behind the boards at Earhammer Studios (Necrot, Excessive On Hearth, Post-mortem) and his work in skull-caving tasks like Deathgrave, Post-mortem, and Brainoil, Wilkinson swaps blastbeats for drum machines and suggestions for paranoia on this weird solo endeavor.
As we speak we’re premiering the second single and video, “Eminent Demise,” a minimal but magnetic loss of life cry from orbit. Wilkinson explains:
“Our timeline actually sucks proper now however not as a lot because the one this track is about! Shortly after the protagonist’s arrival to house, Earth was nuked and everybody under was decimated. This hauntingly off-kilter monitor follows this character’s bellowing pleas to anybody alive whereas floating within the Earth’s orbital particles awaiting loss of life.
I selected the adjective ‘Eminent’ in lieu of ‘Imminent’ to convey the protagonist’s want for loss of life whereas going via the futile motions of trying to find different survivors. It’s as in the event that they worship the concept of loss of life.
This monitor actually caught out to me whereas recording it from begin to end. I used to be in a position to play the drum monitor off of my shut buddy Jon’s Enjoyable Machine straight into Professional Instruments. There’s a full circle impact as he’s half-owner of Iron Lung Information, who launched Feed the Clones Pt. 1. For this monitor, I truly composed the track singing to this low-fi drum monitor. With lyrics and the melody established, it was straightforward to compose and layer all of the music round these two parts. This was all executed inside an hour or two after monitoring the vocals. I made a decision any extra layers or mixing would most likely wreck the unusual desolate vibe.”
That vibe—determined, deranged, and eerily danceable—defines Shrinkwrap Killers. Fashioned in 2018 and named after a scene from the movie Dangerous Boy Bubby, the mission channels Wilkinson’s love of ‘70s/‘80s punk, movie scores, sci-fi, and bizarre popular culture ephemera. Feed the Clones Pt. 2 continues the experiment, flipping the compositional technique from Pt. 1—right here, the lyrics and melody got here first, with the whole lot else falling into place across the vocals.
The result’s punk grit reassembled in a synth-drenched cryo-chamber—beneficial should you like The Spits, Tubeway Military, Devo, or watching the Earth burn from house.
Watch “Eminent Demise” under and preorder Feed the Clones Pt. 2 on CD, LP, cassette, and digital from Carbonized Information:
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