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: Artist......: Civic Center
: Album.......: The Ground Below :
: Label.......: American Dreams Records .. .:.. .
Genre.......: Industrial :
Catnr.......: 5ADR .
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; Rip.date....: 2020-07-25
Str.date....: 2020-06-26
Quality.....: 255kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :..
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1. High Beams 3:38
2. Fly On The Wall 3:10
3. What We're Made Of 4:22
4. The Prophet 4:08
5. Golden Days (Interlude) 2:31
6. You Know What This Means 3:11
7. Study Of Light (Interlude II) 3:09
8. Pencil And Pad 5:22
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,: In the brief time theyÆve been around, Chicago industrial trio :,
: Civic Center has dropped five collections of seething electronic :
:' music, but itÆs all led up to their debut LP The Ground Below ':
,: in which they take the most thrilling aspects of their creative :,
: process, up the production value, and add a slight pop :
:' sensibility. ôMusically we're constantly striving to find the ':
,: harmony and disharmony between electronic and organic elements,ö :,
: explains frontman Jack Brockman, ôtrying to inject something :
:' unusual into industrial.ö ':
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: Brockman, who also painted the albumÆs cover, nods to :
:' disenchantment as a dominant theme - the vapidity of social ':
,: graces, the catch-22Æs in hive mind morality, the intersection :,
: of ethics and brutality. That explanation, while prescient, :
:' fails to mention the groupÆs collaborative and community-driven ':
,: efforts. Civic Center is comprised of three individuals central :,
: to Chicago label and arts collective Chicago Research. Brockman :
:' plays music as Understudy and does much of the labelÆs visual ':
,: art, bassist Clementine Wink plays as Hen of the Woods, and :,
: synthesist Blake Karlson is the de facto head of the imprint. :
:' The label functions family style - Chicago Research whips out ':
,: out batches of tapes from close friends, throws parties, and :,
: creates an inclusive environment for populations who have :
:' historically been othered by industrial culture. ':
,: :,
: Like Chicago Research, Civic Center balances bleakness and :
:' persistence - The Ground Below is emblematic of that duality. ':
,: On ôFly on the Wall,ö the trio take their industrial trappings :,
: to a kinetic place - a compulsively danceable beat and pulsing :
:' bassline hold the track down until its catchy, synth-heavy ':
,: chorus rears its head. ôSix times is never enough/Fly on the :,
: wall,ö Brockman moans deeply. Civic Center is always groovy, :
:' even when the tempos slow down, and songs like ôHigh Beamsö and ':
,: ôPencil and Padö are ideal for head bobbing and subtle sways, :,
: adding atmospheric wind instruments to BrockmanÆs low wail. :
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,: Civic Center maintains a firm hold in the industrial tradition, :,
: and their music may be dark, but it isnÆt nihilistic. On The :
:' Ground Below, they still exist in the shadows, but the shadows ':
,: have never looked more alluring. :,
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