Name: Now Here’s An Echo From Your Future
Brand: Girls In Synthesis

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HARBINGER206CD

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Limited edition

Release date

2020-08-28

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5055869565547

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Girls In Synthesis

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Punk / Hardcore

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Harbinger Sound

Girls In Synthesis is an experimental post-punk/noise band hailing from London, UK. Formed in late 2016, they have quickly made a name for themselves in the music scene. With two full length albums under their belt and a collection of collectable vinyl EP's/7" singles, they have proven their versatility and creativity. Previously collaborating with Blank Editions, Louder Than War Records and Harbinger Sound, Girls In Synthesis now release their music through their own label, Own It Records, thanks to an exclusive distribution deal with Cargo Records.

Harbinger Sound is a long-running U.K. label that has been dedicated to avant-punk, post-punk, experimental noise, and more. Led by Steve Underwood, the label has been at the forefront of pushing boundaries in underground music for years.
In the Spring of 2021, Harbinger Sound unfortunately went into liquidation. Despite this setback, they left their mark with a final release for Girls In Synthesis as part of Record Store Day.
Throughout its existence, Harbinger Sound has consistently championed innovative and boundary-pushing artists within the alternative music scene. With an impressive catalog of releases and a reputation for quality and authenticity, Harbinger Sound remains an influential force in independent music.

Now Here’s An Echo From Your Future is their first release for fabled experimental punk label Harbinger Sound and finds the band advancing their sound, making subtle but experimental shifts in texture and tone, helping to break free from the shackled straight-jacket of punk rock that, to be fair, never really held them down in the first place. Across the album’s ten songs, Girls In Synthesis explore a wide range of sensations and sounds as the album detonates into life with opening track Arterial Movements in a screeching flurry of over-driven guitar and hammering drums. The contrast between the slow, mesmerising look into aging and dying in Human Frailty (‘The realisation that you cannot halt their impending death’), to the aggressive attack on the rise of the right-wing in They’re Not Listening (‘The time-old tradition of the right wing accosting desperate working class people has returned’) shows a wide range of subjects and reactions aggressively tackled. Mental health in a fast-moving, unforgiving world, media control, the divide widening between the have and the have nots, the class divide, the blaming of the poor, Now Here’s An Echo From Your Future bristles with an unforgiving frustration and temper.

The recording of Now Here’s An Echo From Your Future started at Rockit Studio, Hull in April 2019 during days off on the UK tour to promote the Pre/Post compilation album. The Hull sessions were engineered by studio owner and local musician Sean Tomlinson. The remainder of the album was recorded and engineered by the band throughout summer 2019 in a large rehearsal room at Gun Factory studios, Homerton. Production and finishing touches were completed at GIS bassist John’s S.I.C.K Studio in Hither Green. The album was mixed by long-time band collaborator and engineer, Max Walker (currently studying at Abbey Road). The album was mastered by Brett Shaw at 123 Studios, Peckham. In their few years of existence, fans and critics alike have been stunned by the bands pure visceral and punishing wall of sound, as well as applauding the groups way of making a Girls in Synthesis show an all-inclusive experience; playing from within the crowd to create a unique and awe-inspiring spectacle. Being hand-picked to support acts as diverse as Damo Suzuki, Slaves, Bad Breeding, Warmduscher and Wolf Alice has seen a widening of the groups fan base. Sold out headline shows across the UK have led to frantic and chaotic performances, and packed, sweaty venues, the word is getting out and spreading rapidly. Catch Girls in Synthesis while you can and witness the rise of one of the UK’s most original and unique underground bands.

Now Here’s An Echo From Your Future

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