In Defence

by Status Oblique

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The first single to be lifted from Status Oblique's debut album, 'Some Controlled Chaos' features the unique and powerful vocal of US artist kiti marcel.

Her elegant, pointed and poetic lyrical stylings address thorny issues of relationships under the metaphorical guise of warfare and aggression.

The track continues Status Oblique's intricate blend of industrial, synth, shoegaze and post-punk sounds, with each threatening to overwhelm, but held in fragile check as the song cascades forward...

The artwork is inspired by the desolation of the lyrics and is courtesy of Elias via Unsplash: unsplash.com/@elmaurer & www.instagram.com/meistermaurer

lyrics

You were a lesson learned
An early silence,
broke and burned
in a wasteland
of your last offense

weeping madness
among the trip wires
There’s wreckage to collect
barreling through landmines of regret

nuclear winter
Of our own construction
A discontent I
yearn to outlast
I watch the bombs fall ahead
we take cover instead

The ruins of our histories
unknown by us
for centuries
it’s all so simple
In the silence of your room

I don't know what I could give to you you’re hardened and can’t forgive this could be the moment we bloom but this soil’s made for tombs

I don't know what more I could give you
A heart so full it could burst
your dreamy mind has lost all courage and I just think we’re cursed

I don't know what else to give you with your silence and inaction shut me off
turn it out
you would be harmed by me

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released February 10, 2023
from Some Controlled Chaos, released November 24, 2022
music - Status Oblique
words and singing - kiti marcel
Production - Mixing and Mastering by Almark at Studio SynthoElectro
synthoelectro.bandcamp.com
of Transmission Nova.

Image by: unsplash.com/@elmaurer & www.instagram.com/meistermaurer

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