Virtue Signal, by Aathens

Virtue Signal

by Aathens

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	1.	Idiot Thing 02:56
	2.	Virtue Signal 02:28
	3.	On a Hinge 04:15
	4.	Aspirations 03:33
	5.	I Wanna be a Totem 04:08
	6.	Icewater 05:15
	7.	Appointment 02:01
	8.	Origin Myth 03:03
	9.	Insomnia Scale 04:49
	10.	Man Hours 04:12

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Debut LP from Hackney based, Aathens.

1. Idiot Thing
2. Virtue Signal
3. On a Hinge
4. Aspirations
5. I Wanna Be a Totem
6. Icewater
7. Appointment
8. Origin Myth
9. Insomnia Scale
10. Man Hours

Recorded in a frantic overnight session at the beginning of the year, Virtue Signal taps a rich vein of acerbic humour and punk brio, as Aathens mull over many of the bigger questions taken on by their peers: gentrification, stagnation, automation and the rank absurdity of daily life in 2017. But in doing so, they are just as likely to admit being complicit in these dubious currents as they are critical of them – for all their objections, the band never (or at least try not to) lapse into witless sloganeering or po-faced posturing.

The spindly guitars and lockstep rhythms found on Virtue Signal, which first showed up on their 2016 debut release, the EP-length video TVEP, put Aathens in the company of Fugazi, Television and Minutemen, as well as Blank Editions labelmates Housewives and Thurston Moore. And that's not bad company to keep at a time when so little makes sense.

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Limited edition package includes.

- 180 gram LP

- Lyric pamphlet

- Art print

- Download code of entire album

- Reverse board cover

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released November 1, 2017

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Aathens London, UK

Aathenz iz:

Marcus Browne (vocals/guitar)

Hannah Gledhill (guitar)

Jason Jaworski (drums)

Ed Shellard (bass)

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