Name: Endure
Brand: Special Interest

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Limited edition

Release date

2022-11-04

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PIAS

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Artist

Special Interest

Genre GB

New Wave / Post Punk

Label GB

Rough Trade

Rough Trade is a multinational label that was started by Geoff Travis in 1976 as a London record-shop. It quickly grew into an independent label and distributor, collaborating with notable labels such as 4AD, Factory Records, and One Little Indian. The label's catalogue numbering system for singles/EPs included prefixes like RT### and RTT###CD for different formats. Albums were numbered sequentially as ROUGH### with extensions for different formats.In the early 1990s, Rough Trade faced financial difficulties after expanding into the US market. The US branch was shut down and the German branch ended up in the Zomba Music Group. One Little Indian provided financing and took over the label in the UK, retaining ownership of key releases like A.R. Kane albums. Geoff Travis eventually regained control of Rough Trade around 1999–2000 and re-launched it alongside Tugboat Records.

Special Interest is an artist hailing from New Orleans, LA. Their unique sound draws influences from a diverse range of genres including punk, post-punk, and electronic music. With their energetic live performances and thought-provoking lyrics, Special Interest has gained a dedicated following both locally and internationally.
Comparable to artists such as Mandy, Indiana and Gilla Band, Special Interest brings a fresh perspective to the music scene. Their music is characterized by its raw intensity and powerful vocals that captivate audiences. Drawing inspiration from bands like Big Joanie and Algiers, Special Interest combines elements of punk with experimental sounds to create a truly distinctive sound.
With releases such as *The Passion Of*, *Trust No Wave*, and *Spiraling*, Special Interest continues to push boundaries in the music industry. Their collaborations with artists like Water From Your Eyes and Lucrecia Dalt showcase their versatility as musicians. Whether it's performing alongside PVA or Model/Actriz or sharing stages with Nourished by Time or 700 Bliss, Special Interest consistently delivers electrifying performances that leave a lasting impression on their audience.

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New Orleans no-wave punks Special interest release Endure, their third album and Rough Trade Records debut.

On every level, Special Interest is uncompromising: in their adventurous sound, their high-energy live performances, and their convictions. Dance music and punk culture have flirted in the warehouse before, but Special Interest’s desire to dismantle genre is informed by a larger abolitionist worldview that resists constraint, category, and conformity. Their music is a soundtrack to dancing the pain away as much as raging against the machine. 

Special Interest describes the experience of recording Endure as “inverted,” since the pandemic obviously stunted the possibilities of live performance, resulting in a new period of experimentation and sonic exploration in which old rules were cast out. Everything the group writes springs from the same source — a hard-hitting drum machine beat — but the possibilities are endless and the outcome always unpredictable. Ruth Mascelli’s work on drum machines and synthesizers provides a foundation, as varying beats lead the group into different directions: rave-ready drum and bass or ballroom-like house on the more dancefloor-friendly cuts, and marching kicks on No Wave-inflected tracks like “Foul”. “Cherry Blue Intention” brings together a sturdy post-punk bassline, shrieking guitar effects, and a jungle breakbeat into a driving anthem of an opening track.

The new songs recall the art rock of Sparks and The B-52s as much as politically-minded punk, and on “Midnight Legend,” the group is more overtly pop than ever before — making something fun during a time of frequent sadness became a central priority. But that doesn’t mean anything is simple or surface-level, with a darkness often treading beneath the smooth production. For as much as the band plays with dissonance, Maria Elena’s expressive guitar work and Nathan Cassiani’s grooving bass lines effortlessly weave together, and shade out the soundscape brought into existence by Alli Logout’s commanding vocal presence. Collaboration is central to the band’s creative process, and it’s difficult to imagine even one element from the whole of Special Interest subtracted from the equation. Their songs are living organisms, open to the possibility of experimentation and interpretation, but also not the property or creation of any one person.