New material

"Another evolution in the way Preoccupations bring poetic soulfulness to post-punk, New Material lives up to its name -- it's not just another batch of songs, it's a fresh approach that feels like a breakthrough".

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"Examinations of creation, destruction and the ways that we often practice the two in vain have regularly been tethered to the Canadian post-punk band's work-even going back to their days as Viet Cong. And while that's quite a downcast undertaking, it's one that goes hand-in-hand with Preoccupations' dystopian-future-sounding music".

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"The band's third full-length is an easier and more melodic entry into their spindly post-punk. Here, their defeatism takes on a new tenor: battle-worn, sincere, and not quite so antagonistic".

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