{"id":43850,"date":"2025-08-23T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=43850"},"modified":"2025-08-16T06:34:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T10:34:37","slug":"collapsing-scenery-hit-the-magic-button-on-new-single-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=43850","title":{"rendered":"Collapsing Scenery hit the \u2018Magic Button\u2019 on new single &amp; video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Brooklyn\/LA\u2019s genre-fusing agitators&nbsp;<strong>Collapsing Scenery<\/strong>&nbsp;are back with a new single,&nbsp;<em>Magic Button,<\/em>&nbsp;the first taste of their upcoming album&nbsp;\u2018Stand Up Tragedy,\u2019 out September 5 via Metropolitan Indian. The track arrives with a striking video directed by&nbsp;<strong>Charlotte Ercoli<\/strong>\u2014part surreal art piece, part political statement\u2014and sets the tone for an LP that\u2019s as urgent as it is inventive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mYY0RuMxocE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Reggie Debris (one-half of Collapsing Scenery, alongside Don Devore of Ink &amp; Dagger\/Frail) explains that <em>\u201cpressing the magic button\u201d<\/em>\u00a0was once CIA slang for assassination\u2014here used as a metaphor for the endless cycle of political blowback. \u201c<em>After decades of engendering insurgencies, rogue states, rebellions and civil wars, we\u2019ve learned no lessons,\u201d<\/em> Debris says. The song digs into themes of imperial hubris, unintended consequences, and the messy fallout that follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Musically,&nbsp;<em>Magic Button<\/em> sits in Collapsing Scenery\u2019s sweet spot: a collision of punk energy, synthwave sheen, industrial grit, and acid disco swagger. It\u2019s part of what makes&nbsp;<em>Stand Up Tragedy<\/em>&nbsp;such a compelling listen\u2014a record that moves from jittery punk (<em>Job\u2019s Dungheap<\/em>) to shimmering dream-synth (<em>The Acceptance World<\/em>), slacker post-punk (<em>Uncanny Guest<\/em>), euphoric club pulse (<em>On Your Knees<\/em>), and haunting balladry (<em>The Ballad of Debbie Campbell<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Written partly during the pandemic, the album carries the emotional weight of isolation and uncertainty. Debris calls it&nbsp;<em>\u201capocalyptic\u201d<\/em>\u2014a meditation on whether art still matters when the world feels like it\u2019s falling apart. Some tracks trace back to the sessions for their 2023 album&nbsp;\u2018A Desert Called Peace,\u2019 but here, the mood is darker, the emotions sharper, and the political observations wrapped in even more poetic abstraction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since forming in 2013, Collapsing Scenery have built a reputation for fearless experimentation\u2014collaborating with everyone from Genesis P-Orridge to Miho Hatori\u2014and creating immersive live shows that feel more like multimedia art installations than traditional gigs.&nbsp;\u2018Stand Up Tragedy\u2019&nbsp;follows in that spirit, built as a start-to-finish experience that refuses to cater to the skip-button culture of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stream <em><strong>Magic Button<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ffm.to\/28mjvde\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Album&nbsp;\u2018Stand Up Tragedy\u2019&nbsp;lands September 5\u2014mark it on your calendar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Brooklyn\/LA\u2019s genre-fusing agitators&nbsp;Collapsing Scenery&nbsp;are back with a new single,&nbsp;Magic Button,&nbsp;the first taste of their upcoming album&nbsp;\u2018Stand Up Tragedy,\u2019 out September 5 via Metropolitan Indian. 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