The new solo post-punk project Scorpion Milk, from Mat McNerney of Beastmilk and Grave Pleasures, has announced their debut album, Slime Of The Times, out on Sept. 19 via Peaceville Records.
The first single/video is called "Another Day Another Abyss."
“It is about trying to stay upright under the daily flood of catastrophe, the headlines, the numbness, the helplessness. But there’s a double edge to it: the only way to get through the abyss is to become it. To move through the darkness, you have to carry some of it inside you," McNerney says in a statement.
“I used AI to create the video because we’re living inside the very dystopia we fear the most. The song deals with the psychological weight of modern catastrophe, and AI as both a tool and a threat, mirrors that perfectly. A mirror can be humorous but also diabolical. It’s an aesthetic artistic choice, but also a commentary: our nightmares are now automated.”
The record includes collaborations with Tor Sjödén (Viagra Boys) on drums, Nate Newton (Converge, Cave In) on bass guitar, plis giest s[pts frp, Big Paul Ferguson (Killing Joke) and Will Gould (Creeper).
Scorpion Milk – Slime Of The Times tracklisting:
All the Fear [03:34]
The Will to Live [04:06]
She Wolf of London [03:11]
Another Day Another Abyss [03:07]
Wall To Wall [03:46]
Slime of the Times [04:57]
Silver Pigs [04:41]
All Snakes No Ladders [04:03]
Children are Dust [04:41]
