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Krüller - Author & Punisher

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New Album from Author & Punisher Is Industrial Bliss

Fans of Nine Inch Nails, The Soft Moon, and How to Destroy Angels will be interested in what Author & Punisher has assembled. Tristan Shone, the band’s only member, custom-fabricates the machines and controllers used to make his music. So it makes sense that Author & Punisher’s sound is a bit unique. The list of this album’s collaborators gives you another hit at what you’re in for; the involvement of heavy-hitters like Perturbator’s James Kent and Tool’s Justin Chancellor and Danny Carey foretell that this electronic doom act should be taken seriously.  

KRÜLLER opens on the dismal sunrise of Drone Carrying Dread. Melancholy and slow, this doom track is bathed in fuzz. Hints of 80’s synth manage to be both soothing and unsettling. 

Incinerator leans harder into the harsh, mechanized sounds that could only be Author & Punisher. The unrelenting and automated nature of this song comes off as bitter and hopeless—easily the most unwelcoming track on the album. 

Like something that escaped from a factory assembly line, Centurion is a vicious little construction that snaps back at the listener.  

Maiden Star is dreamy but doleful, with a rhythm that continually falls apart and re-assembles itself. The 80’s vibe mixed with industrial elements is ethereal and intense in the most unexpected way. For me, this song marks a turning point in the album; the place where shallow waters suddenly run deep and good turns to great. If the first 3 tracks are nice, the final 5 leave me breathless.

Danny Carey’s fingerprints are all over Misery. The complex and enigmatic drum beats are the perfect accompaniment to Shone’s singular robotic sounds. The entire track drips with anguish, and a flash of fury. 

The cover of Portishead’s Glorybox breaks down the 1994 track and rebuilds it bleaker and sharper. Author & Punisher’s reimagining of the song is filthy, strung out, and desperate with whining electronics and distortion. It’s the buzz of a machine slowly breaking down. Chef’s kiss.

The whir, crackle, and hum of Blacksmith is a mechanized lamentation—an elegy thick with electronica. 

The album closes on its title track, Krüller. This song is nasty, grim, and dangerous. Guitars sing under heaps of industrial waste. Krüller feels like an ill portent, a warning of the disaster to come.

KRÜLLER by Author & Punisher

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Author & Punisher // Glorybox

Give me a reason to love you Give me a reason to be a woman I just wanna be a woman

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[video] Author & Punisher live in Salt Lake City, 19 May 2022 (full set)

Shortly after I recorded this one, I posted a couple songs to YT, but never the full show. I finally got off my ass and fixed up the whole thing.

I threw on some ridiculous filters on this one, you may or may not like it. Those first two videos are still up on YT if you want to see what it looked like with normal editing.

Tracklist and more details on the YT page.

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Author & Punisher live at Moustache 3/5/22 @authorandpunisher #authorandpunisher #krüller #kruller @relapserecords #relapserecords #moustachetijuana #silenus #nomadatijuana #ontour #concert #concertphotography #itibfya #ithinkibetterfollowyouaround (at Mous Tache) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca51djSJgy1/?utm_medium=tumblr