At Peace is a profoundly haunting articulation of a world blighted by a prevailing fascist hegemony. If only this were a work of fiction and not the current state of affairs, but it certainly makes for a welcomed cathartic experience.
CBC’s Jim Agapito did a great interview with the band back in March, where they mention having “dialed back” the speed for this record: a necessary adaptation to aging bones and a challenge to their natural tendency during writing to turn up the speed and intensity.
The result is perhaps some of their best and most creative song writing to date. We get a mix of more familiar sounding Propagandhi, like with At Peace, and other tracks like God of Avarice where they step outside of those usual bounds and we get something a bit different but equally fucking awesome and not at all out of place. As a band, Propagandhi have always experimented and adapted their sound to match where they are as people and musicians from record to record.
Favourite Tracks: Guiding Lights, At Peace, Benito’s Earlier Work, Fire Season, God of Avarice.
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