Post Climax is the third album by Assasun who are one of Alexander Leonard Donat's stable of bands, that he releases music with on his Blackjack Illuminist Records imprint.
The album opens with the soft synth intro to You Can't whose vocals feel like stream of consciousness rap, telling us all the things You can't just spit back out, like the plague or covid over the sparse synth backing.
Footnote has Alexander's Eyeballs dropping in perplexity at the paralysis of modern times, set against the almost ambient textural synths, as the world has fallen apart, what fresh horrors will the next few years bring us, help Assasun find that antidote, to bring back the good times.
Sling Me Out as I've obviously shot my lot, I am no use to you whatsoever anymore, synths going decidedly 80's synthpop, but with dark edges, rot has set in, Alex deserves to be 86'd from this situation, before his infamy gets the better of him and he turns into a modern Duncan Norvelle heaven forbid.
Hell Here is standing on the precipice staring down all the evil surrounding us, as the urgent flight of the synths hopefully keeps us from the fiery embrace.
CPR isn't a tribute to David Crosby's apology band, that he formed with the son he abandoned, but about the need to revive the sanity of the planet, over minimalist beats that have a dark dancefloor funk edge to them.
Push Notice a phrase that would have been meaningless a few years ago, now seems like a modern plague of endless messages, often trying to get us to spend spend spend, as the Push Notices feed into the paranoia, that we are all being watched at all times.
If is the most hardcore dance tune on the album with no Kojak references at all, as the fear is getting the better of just about everyone, Fear is the fuel for the 2020's, as the booming bass drum marks time on all the dread.
Spectator is urging us all to stop being global looky Lou's and do something about where the world is headed, the dystopian synths grinding away, as the algorithms take away any remaining shreds of freedom, as well all try to be insta perfect at all times, no blemishes must remain.
Sink Your Sword Into Me is doom laden, as the tune alternates between minimal neo classical synths or clattering miasmas of drum machine effects, as the battle expands lasting longer than you may have expected after thrusting your sword in.
Swallow My Sky is the dark foreboding of the post covid world, as democracies are fracturing the world could be imploding, where do we sit in this future as it opens out before our eyes, should we care as long as we can still have some fun, among the ruin of the freedoms we are losing in this ever more insular world.
Used To Glow is a funeral parade being commentated on, ambient darkscapes eulogy for the lost, as well as those unable to save themselves from coming cataclysms, as the narrator becomes tortured, parade moves through modern dungeons to the final resting place.
The album closes with Skull-Line a shimmering synth rap of global contusions, fighting about death destruction, why would you set off another rocket, air raid sirens sound, War man's ruin, hardest addiction to break, Alex still hopes the future is bright, if only the sane peaceful majority can spread peace, more successfully than the war mongers spread hate and division.
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