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Liberation From A Brutalist Existence

by Wanderer

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1.
Silk strings slither down Multitude of steep black holes, step back from Just to fall Crumbling to dust Look for what's left Fear grows infinite Incased in a glass casket Make sure to turn the key Forced god Embraced control Kill the puppet Cut your strings Cut the throats of everyone who held them
2.
If you look closely you might see the strings They tug at our arms and legs Forced to walk Control Terrified
3.
Abrasion 02:16
Wear down my fingers until they're bone Every sunset I see a light the same as your eyes burning Gone from life in an instant Make a home in my heart built to last two lifetimes A house built for two, you and I Cast out Burnt out We can fight. We can love In our house built for you Nothing can change We can be safe One more breath to say our last words
4.
Bloom 02:16
Drip from a perfect circle conjoined by decaying flesh Fresh to the touch a beautiful picture drawn in blood Etched into skin an eternal dream imagined from space Moving a brush with no motive to capture a picture galaxy Tapestry Photo Fake Unable to conceive a path gleams glow You're figure on my temple
5.
Decay 01:13
Drip from a perfect circle conjoined by decaying flesh Fresh to the touch a beautiful picture drawn in blood Etched into skin an eternal dream imagined from space Moving a brush with no motive to capture a picture galaxy Tapestry Photo Fake Unable to conceive a path gleams glow You're figure on my temple
6.
Hellhole 02:22
Aggressive unlearning Progress yearning Internal churning Brazen burning Nonetheless Feel the stress Den of mess Kill the pest
7.
Simone 02:24
Look at me Oh please, look at me I want your eyes to look upon me alone Have I not become beautiful? Do these clothes make me look cute? Would he like it if I walked like this? I still don't understand what it means but I've made up my mind. Whatever it takes to capture his affection. "Beauty is what wins love" I learned the truth I lost myself Their wounds are my badges I'll do what it takes to earn your love. Have I not become beautiful?
8.
Frost Cage 02:25
Forgotten in time Pushed to the recesses of a decaying mind Frost cage we're playing a game Muted face splint tongue Mutate in this shell Torment me, if you help I won't tell Even if you try no one will believe you
9.
Bourn 03:02 video
It's soul burned and planted glancing back it's majestic It's throat crumbles stepping back from reality With thoughts flowing from me in a river I lost myself Dissolve to blackness Derangements Eyes grip the wheel
10.
Drawing in with a twisted smile forcing thoughts down my throat Control my mind that's grasping for understanding Contented heartwarming Collapse into the ashes In a time we'll return to dust You don't know about sacrifice You'll never know Constructed disillusions Authoritarian ivory tower Completion could be forced We knew its end before we started Cut your way in Latch on with bedazzled claws

about

Our debut full length album, released by Entelodon Records (LP) and Bad Mouth Records (CS)

"...one of the best mettalic hardcore albums of the last ten years." -Nicholas Senior via New Noise Magazine

"...I'm in as much awe of their ability to get my noggin noddin' within the span of two power chords as I was as a runt watching motherfuckers in bell-bottom tuxedos dissect show tunes.(...) as long as the gnashing and slashing has a blood coursing groove as counterpart, I'm all in."
- Kevin Stewart-Panko via Decibel Magazine

"Truthfully, some of the best riffs of the year reside within this record, which is a feat I was not expecting." - Calder Dougherty via Heavy Blog Is Heavy

"Wanderer play a spastic brand of hardcore that is dripping in sludge, perfect for bridging the gap between punks and metalheads. One moment, they’re hammering out rapid fire riffs, the next they’re stomping through fetid dirges. It’s foul, evil, and filled with joy." - Connor Fitzpatrick via NoEcho

"This is peak-era Relapse or Hydra Head stuff, which means I'm all on board. Throw in a perfect 23-minute run time, and a cover that has colours and atmosphere that perfectly match the music, and you've got an extremely impressive debut here." - Greg Pratt via Brave Words

"This album includes dissonant chords, whirlwind moments of musical chaos, a few guest screamers, and hefty sludge breaks" - Daniel Cordova via Metal Injection

"There is plenty to leave you heaving on the floor, and if you work your way through the lyrics, there’s a lot to parse through and apply to your own existence. This record is a fire breather, 23 minutes of metallic wrenching that will be the best workout you have all day." - Brian Krasman via Meat Mead Metal

"There’s just this oozing, caustic feel to Wanderer’s music that should easily draw in the type seeking it. Thick and heavy riffs with ominous and looming growls, what’s interesting is how the band can also settle into some dark atmosphere at times instead of just beating you over the head for 23-minutes." -Katarina McGinn via Dead Rhetoric

"An emotionally and sonically heavy gutpunch, Liberation From A Brutalist Existence is everything WANDERER have been hinting towards across earlier EPs as well as bold statement of intent for things to come." - Will Marshall via Distorted Sound Mag

credits

released June 18, 2021

Recorded/Mixed/Mastered by Adam Tucker at Signaturetone
Additional vocal tracking by Jeff Nicholas
Front cover by Azeta Azadpour
Back cover by Caleb Butcher
Layout/Insert by Morgan Carpenter

Wanderer is -
Dan Lee - Vocals
Mano Holgin - Drums
Jack Carlson - Bass
Brent Ericson - Guitar/Backing Vocals

Sanjeev Mishra - Vocals on "Marionette"
Mollie Piatetsky - Vocals on "Simone"
Brandon Carrigan - Vocals on "Contented"
Adam Tucker - Auxiliary percussion on "Simone"

All music and lyrics by Wanderer

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Remedial mathcore/brutal hardcore/metallic false grind from Minneapolis, Minnesota. "INDULGENCE REMIXED" out now. Photo by Andy Wilcox, page layout by Andrew Notsch.

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