A1 M.P.S. A2 Mon Cherie A3 Let Me Be A4 Indoctrination Set A5 Roll Music A6 Can't See Nothin A7 Shangri-La B1 St. John's Wort B2 Dazzle Paint B3 Anxiety B4 Utopia Sound B5 Fooled Again B6 Deadlock
Label: Sacred Bones Records – SBR-222 Format: Vinyl, LP, 45 RPM, Album Country: US Released: May 17, 2019 Genre: Rock Style: Post-Punk, Punk
Readjusting the Locks is the first Institute album written across the country, with half the band relocating from Texas to NYC. The band has seamlessly incorporated more '77 rock n' roll into their sound, some songs feeling like they could've been a Stiff Records single. This sound is emphasized by Ben Greenberg's (Uniform) expert production - crisp but still blown out and dirty. Lyrically, Readjusting the Locks moves away from the traditionally personal words of frontman Moses Brown. Rather than attacking the internal workings of his brain or its socialization, as on previous records, this album attempts to address the societal atmosphere in which his agita exists. Blaming Neoliberalism and the irresponsible notions of utopia fostered under it, Brown argues that in recent decades the Western world's assumption that humanity would continue to prosper into the future has, on the contrary, created a disastrous political vacuum. Without a true plan for a sustainable future those in power will continue to offer humanity new policies, technologies, and politicians that promise change but are only capable of "readjusting the locks" on our incomprehensible existential predicament. RiYL: The Stooges, The Dicks, Crisis, Parquet Courts, Sheer Mag, Royal Headache, Ty Segall.
A1 M.P.S. A2 Mon Cherie A3 Let Me Be A4 Indoctrination Set A5 Roll Music A6 Can't See Nothin A7 Shangri-La B1 St. John's Wort B2 Dazzle Paint B3 Anxiety B4 Utopia Sound B5 Fooled Again B6 Deadlock
