A new "sociopolitical super-collective" called Plutocracy Planet shared their debut single this week, as well as the release date for their full debut. The experimental project was initiated by former Alarm Magazine editor Scott Morrow, and spans across genres while utilizing electronics, polyrhythms, atypical time signatures, and unique instrumentation -- all unified with a post-hardcore framework.
Members of The Dillinger Escape Plan, American Football, Protest the Hero, The Get-Up Kids, The Callous Daoboys, Far, Secret Chiefs 3, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Yakuza, and more contribute to the record. On the lead single, "This Very Severity," that includes Bob Nanna (Braid, Hey Mercedes, The City on Film), guitarist Jason Schimmel (Red Fiction, Estradasphere, Secret Chiefs 3) ,and bassist Jonathan Hischke (The Sound of Animals Fighting, Le Butcherettes, Hella, Anywhere).
The self-titled record comes out on July 12.
Contributing musicians:
- Bob Nanna (Braid, Hey Mercedes, Lifted Bells)
- Jonah Matranga (Far, Gratitude, onelinedrawing)
- Matt Pryor (The Get-Up Kids, The New Amsterdams, Radar State)
- Mike Kinsella (American Football, Owen, Cap’n Jazz)
- Liam Wilson (The Dillinger Escape Plan, Azusa)
- Rody Walker (Protest the Hero)
- Carson Pace (The Callous Daoboys)
- Emily Jane White
- Mark Rose (Spitalfield)
- Swamburger (Solillaquists of Sound)
- Blueprint (Soul Position, Greenhouse)
- Jørgen Munkeby (Shining)
- Carla Kihlstedt (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Tin Hat Trio, Rabbit Rabbit Radio)
- Nils Frykdahl (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Faun Fables, Idiot Flesh)
- Aaron Spectre (Drumcorps)
- Bruce Lamont (Yakuza, Masonic Wave)
- Angela Mullenhour (Sybris, Touched by Ghoul, Pink Frost)
- Anton Patzner (Emily Jane White, Foxtails Brigade, Judgement Day)
- Jonathan Hischke (The Sound of Animals Fighting, Le Butcherettes, Hella, Anywhere)
- Jason Schimmel (Secret Chiefs 3, Estradasphere, Red Fiction)
- Adam Stacey (Igorrr, Secret Chiefs 3, Estradasphere)
- Jason Zdora (HeWhoCorrupts)
- Leyla I. Royale (Chicago Street Strings)
Plutocracy Planet Tracklisting:
1. Prologue
2. This Very Severity (f. Bob Nanna)
3. But You Said (f. onelinedrawing)
4. A Simple Refrain (f. Matt Pryor & Swamburger)
5. Commence Mutation (f. Carson Pace)
6. Slaughterhouse Soliloquy (f. Swamburger & Drumcorps)
7. War? (f. Rody Walker)
8. True Crime (f. Angela Mullenhour)
9. Hours and Hours (Work Harder, Not Smarter) (f. Mark Rose)
10. Dance of the Downtrodden (f. Carla Kihlstedt, Nils Frykdahl & Jørgen Munkeby)
11. Remain Silent (f. Emily Jane White, Blueprint & Bruce Lamont)
12. Epilogue
