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THE FUTURE EP

by SPIRALIST

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1.
Deus Ex Machina 05:26
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(The) Future’s on the wall To bring about an overhaul. We stood up so tall We’ve got our knees bent, now we crawl Over ash and curse the end we’ve ushered in By playing god, indulged in sin, Plastic children grin While staring daggers at our kin for abandoning the Progeny we have made in our very own likeness and reflection (only to distort the) graven image Of an impermanent god-complexed cohort of cunts. Oh, don’t you dare look away. Let me get far away from here, Far enough where I can see but not interfere. Casual observer, I see us disappear, Turning into relics and lowbrow souvenirs Retained for posterity. Monuments of fear. Mausoleums, shallow graves, whatever is near Shall contain the rest of us, held year after year. Artificiality will not feign a tear. Move aside and… I wish I could be surprised By your desperate ire or your anxious cries. And I wish I could spare a sigh When we are in the mire and the end is nigh But we’ve brought this all upon ourselves. (For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return And a single blow will topple the urns) We are obsolete. Axiomatic fallacies for us to follow like infant children Suffocating, supplicating, little lamb carried into a slaughter. Others follow, room full of mirrors. Ouroboros in the flesh, like all things in nature We will capitulate. Don’t you understand (nothing is everlasting) We’re not in command? (we’re so inconsequential) We have had our day (now I can see you laughing) So let us give way (your pain is existential) You and I are nothing but a conglomerate of glitches in the grid And the wires will wrap themselves around the world. Now acquiesce. I know you know this deep inside But I see you’re in denial. You try to swim against the tide And hang for a while. And I know you think we will survive And He’ll pull us through But I know there is no hope for… I know there is no hope for you. Plug in or disintegrate. Lay low or burst into flame. We’ve blurred the lines in between And resurrected God from machine.
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Apocalypse Song 07:16
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Rush in the ending. Hasten the rapture oh Forsaken child and Pack up your shit. No more recitals. No more suits and ties. No more amytal. No more KPIs. No more escapades. No more ball and chain. No more risking AIDS. No more Rogaine. So much for your kids collecting your life insurance. So much for your wife’s trip to Europe. So much for dreams of a corner office and dollar signs. So much for that 401(k) in the pipeline. Pack your shit! All leaders at large And no one’s in charge Of this holocaust And nuclear frost. Everywhere, a bloodbath Brought to you by psychopaths. Everything goes downhill On account of imbeciles. Everything falls apart. Everything must depart. Everything that ascends (everything) must come to an end.

about

Spiralist is the brainchild of Bruno Costa, a multi-instrumentalist from Porto. Three years after the release of his debut record, NIHILUS, and two years from his first EP, THE CHURCH DYED BLACK, Spiralist returns with a new offering that is both a fresh take on his sound and a bridge to what will come next in the project’s journey. THE FUTURE EP features two new songs – “Deus Ex Machina” and “Apocalypse Song”, the latter of which was created from original stems provided by The Armed as part of the challenge the band launched at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. A new Spiralist full-length album is also currently in the works - more details to be unveiled soon.

THE FUTURE EP features José Soares, who plays drums on “Deus Ex Machina”, with additional noise and guitars contributed by Benjamim Gomes on “Apocalypse Song”, thus marking the first time a Spiralist release has featured contributions from other musicians. This new EP was mixed and mastered by André Gonçalves at Adrift Studio, in Viana do Castelo, and features artwork by Maria Mendes. A music video for “Deus Ex Machina”, also directed by Maria Mendes, is now available.

On this new EP, Bruno Costa comments, “THE FUTURE EP is a manifold exercise in looking into what the future might have in store - not only musically with a change in Spiralist's sound, but also lyrically with themes of post-humanity and a sense of impending doom, with the end of the Anthropocene that is likely to be brought about by humans themselves. At the same time, the lyrics adopt a perspective of detached sarcasm; the idea of something as fragile as humanity being the be-all and end-all of all existence in the entire cosmos can't be anything but laughable once we begin seriously considering our very limited history within that of the universe.”

“The EP is also the first Spiralist release to feature contributions from other musicians, with José Soares playing drums in "Deus Ex Machina" and Benjamim Gomes adding guitars and noise to "Apocalypse Song", thus marking the reveal of a four-member line-up that was formed with the intent of taking Spiralist's music to the stage for the first time. "Apocalypse Song" was conceived as part of The Armed's "Apocalypse Song" challenge, which was launched at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and includes parts played by members of The Armed themselves.”

THE FUTURE EP will be released on CD, tape and digital formats on June 25th via Trepanation Records and Leviatã.

credits

released June 25, 2021

All music and lyrics by Bruno Costa
Drums on "Deus Ex Machina" by José Soares
Additional instrumentation on "Apocalypse Song" by THE ARMED
Additional guitar and noise on "Apocalypse Song" by Benjamim Gomes
Additional structural input on "Apocalypse Song" by Benjamim Gomes, José Soares and Daniel Sampaio
Mixed and mastered by André Gonçalves at Adrift Studio
Artwork by Maria Mendes

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SPIRALIST is an artist (songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentist, writer) hailing from Porto, Portugal.

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