Released on: 6th July 2018
This album is fantastic but being so politically charged should come with some kind of stamp or disclaimer. Warning of intelligent and sensible discourse, and other entirely Millennial problems. It is also kinda gross listening to an appropriated genre, punk, which has its origins in promoting anti-gentrification propaganda used as the flagship for civil debate. And using politics in this fashion as a source of inspiration makes this more like Millennial country music.
Perhaps it is to encourage the idea that the dastardly beast has been tamed. However the monster that was punk has, during its captivity, been decapitated and its entrails strewn all over the place while its head was paraded around like some curiosity caught in the public eye. The Human Project and their new album Clarion Call is like a manifesto for repatriating into the wonderful world of humanity.
Politics aside, and it is a very good approximation of the current political climate, the music behind the lyrics are sublime. Transcending the pithy outrage and being far more a product of its time. As The Human Project mix pop hooks with raw technique the eleven tracks on Clarion Call contain a tireless energy moving with the grace of a predator.
Clarion Call is a fair album that wistfully indulges in Millennial fantasies. Yet there is real power behind its riffs and the band are passionate with its expression. Without a doubt. However with music being an escape from mundanity it leaves the impression that politicizing entertainment is a song and dance with the promise of big risks. But when things are considered that bad that it permeates into everything that you do maybe there is scope for revising what we look to with the political cartel. Still– great tunes though.
8/10
