{"product_id":"genghis-tron-signal-fire-12","title":"Genghis Tron \"Signal Fire\" 12\"","description":"\u003cp\u003ePRESSING INFO:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst Press\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoyal Blue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e498 x Orange Krush, Violet and Black Ice Tri Color Striped Standard Gram *Relapse.com Exclusive*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e357 x Royal Blue and Baby Blue Merge Standard Gram *US Indie Retail Exclusive* (Not available through Relapse.com)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e357 x Blood Red with Sky Blue and Mint Green Twister Effect Standard Gram *Relapse.com Exclusive*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e149 x Custom \"Yuletide\" Marble Standard Gram *Relapse.com Exclusive*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e100 x Clear (Not available to the public - Friends of band and label only)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith their fourth full-length album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSignal Fire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eGENGHIS TRON\u003c\/strong\u003e awaken us from the post-apocalyptic daydreams of their previous work with a violent—and most welcome—shove. This time, the distant-future reveries we first heard on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBoard Up The House\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e give way to an unsettling awareness of the present we’re actually living, as our circumstances grow too pressing to try and escape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSignal Fire\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e envisions a Kojima-esque dystopia of endless proxy warfare,” says vocalist and lyricist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTony Wolski (The Armed),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e “where the deluge of available information has outmoded the human ability to parse it.  A world where those amoral, shameless and cunning enough can literally reshape reality at their whim through sheer insistence.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHaving roared onto the scene in 2004 with a uniquely demented blend of extreme metal, synthesizer textures, and drum-machine madness, \u003cstrong\u003eGENGHIS TRON \u003c\/strong\u003eare no strangers to making a forceful impression. But \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSignal Fire\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e marks the first time bandleaders \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Sochynsky \u003c\/strong\u003eand\u003cstrong\u003e Hamilton Jordan \u003c\/strong\u003e–joined again by Wolski and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNick Yacyshyn (SUMAC) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eon drums, plus newcomer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKenny Szymanski (The Armed)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on bass–has captured this level of urgency with such  visceral precision.  “This album is very much rooted in the now,” confirms Jordan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlbum opener “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI Am All\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e” sets the table with a chest-throbbing synth pulse as Wolski declares “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’m on a tear, I’m on a tear\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,” over swirling industrial rhythms and creeping synthlines. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Nothing Blooms in the Hollow” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003egrafts desert-rock swagger onto interlocking layers of dizzying riffs and chants before Wolski steers the band into full-on sonic burnout, like a spaceship careening into the sun. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Born Prey”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e navigates deftly through Genghis Tron’s classic sonic touchpoints: furious blastbeats, electronic breaks, haunting vocal earworms, and a towering synth-pop crescendo. Meditative interludes like “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike Fotocrom” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWithout Form” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edeliver shimmering, ominous beauty. 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