MUTES’ “MERE SLAUGHTER”: A NOISY ANTHEM AGAINST SOCIETY’S FRACTURES
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The society we live in now encourages a lot of stuffs that kills it’s unity and only tear it apart and I can’t just get enough of this song talking about it. From Birmingham is the post-punk/noise-rock maestros, “Mutes” who in their creative brains have dropped a hot sauce on the heads of the society in there latest single “Mere Slaughter”, via No Sound Records. They are mute(s) but yet noisy haha, I love them already. The band Led by vocalist and lyricist James, Mutes began as a solo project, which gradually became a full band of talented individuals who pushed the limits of noise-rock and psychedelic songs. And man I haven’t been a fan of noisy music but c’mon I must eat ma words now, wow. This track has changed my perspective about noisy music. A song that has a clean message yet noisy and enjoyable. The Best is it comes with a music video that becomes a must watch, you can’t skip it for anything
Their journey begun with the release of their debut EP the eponymous in 2014 and ‘Starvation Age’ in 2015, which skyrocketed them in the music scenes and since then they been polishing their crafts. Came out with bangers ‘No Desire’ in 2017 and ‘Pareidolia’ in 2019. Well they didn’t stop there went ahead and dropped ‘Dreams of Being Cornered,’ in 2021. Oh oh oh they way they blend those guitars and synths haha you should hear them for yourself on this new release “Mere Slaughter”.
“Mere Slaughter” acts as a preview to their upcoming fourth studio album, which drops in 2024. The song comes in saucy and noisy with those freaking guitars along with that raging vocals that roarrss giving the song the nature it deserves with the message it carries. The song talks about how the society is being ripped apart and hampering it’s growth cos of gaslighting and supporting crazy stuffs and standards. The song doesn’t deviate from the bands nature with those live recordings keeping it intact and oh my goodness this is amazing.
Mere Slaughter roars and was created to be ugly yet beautiful and comes in as an exorcism. We divided as a society, we don’t have a common goal and all we do is break each other, ridicule others and gaslight fan fooling. It’s a cry that everyone can resonates with and help put the society together. It’s a must listen song that you would enjoy trust me, the vocals, lyrics and delivery makes it a top notch song and without doubt a soul piercing piece.
Mere Slaughter is a song that indicates how the band wants to express their discontent with how bad the society has become and therefore let’s all be in one accord and save our society, so why don’t you go ahead and give Mere Slaughter by Mutes a listen and enjoy some noisy music yet cool and soothing, those guitars crazy and brazzy 🔥🔥. Check them out on the links below for more info;
https://www.instagram.com/mutesmutesmutes/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/mutesmutesmutes
https://www.facebook.com/mutesuk
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