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Superintendo challenges, or responds to, the algorithm

Posted by Loren on September 5, 2026

Superintendo challenges, or responds to, the algorithm
Superintendo challenges, or responds to, the algorithm

North Carolina punk band Superintendo shared "Hearts & Cliques" yesterday, a new video and teaser for this winter's new album: We Will Not Be Undersold.

"'Hearts & Cliques' is a critique of modern attention economics, algorithm driven art, the productive façade of social media, and self-loathing about my complicity in that system," Luke West (guitar/vocals) says. "I wrote it because we got a less than glowing review on another song which had a very long intro that 'wouldn’t play' in the algo. It was a totally fair criticism and well-meaning. I thought the intro to that song was dope and I feel bad for people who write songs to please a computer. The song is basically saying fuck the system, please buy my record." 

That new record will release via Punkerton at a still to be announced date.

Superintendo challenges, or responds to, the algorithm
Superintendo challenges, or responds to, the algorithm

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