Rave-metal pioneers SENSER are back with their first new music in twelve years.
'Ryot Pump' is taken from the London band's forthcoming seventh album Sonic Dissidance, the follow-up to 2013's To The Capsules, which is due out on 17 October.
“'Ryot Pump' is the most direct and unambiguous call to action we’ve ever written," say the band. "It’s an extremely lean song with the kinetic bounce of a pump action being loaded. It starts from the point of view of riot police, excited and amped up. Often bussed in from provinces and ready use state sponsored violence to protect corporate interests. It shifts perspective denounces fascism in all its current insidious forms. It finally breaks the fourth wall demanding the listener’s response.”
Emerging onto the UK underground on the back of turn-of-the-decade rave culture, Senser's fusion of hip-hop, metal guitars and incisive, insightful protest provided an incendiary alternative to the prevailing blandness of Britpop, as evidenced by their UK no.4 debut album Stacked Up.
The band have a bunch of tour dates lined up in September and October, with an appearance at the Shine On festival at Minehead Butlins in November.
“Senser has been in a period of intense focus creating the new album and the energy of the band is at full pressure," they add. "The gigs will be an explosion, delivering anthems like ‘Eject ‘and ‘Age of Panic’ alongside a whole new wave of songs that hit hard—challenging fear-based control systems, illuminating the dissonance of modern life - delivered with a seismic intensity that shakes you to your core.”
Full dates are...
Sept 12th Exchange, Bristol
Sept 13th The Hope & Ruin, Brighton
Sept 20th Pop Recs Ltd, Sunderland
Sept 21st Equinox Festoval, Grimsby
Sept 27th Pelter Skelter, Pelu Belgium
Oct 17th Intergalactic Circus, 1865, Southampton
Oct 23rd Hanger 18, Swansea
Oct 24th The Castle & Falcon, Birmingham
Oct 25th The Garage, London
Nov 14th Shine On Festival, Minehead
Tickets and pre-orders are available here.