Humanities have announced that they’ll be releasing new music on a split-release. This is their first shared material since their debut EP in 2015. You can take a listen to their first single lifted from it, Drone War Data Nil, via Soundcloud below.
The split, titled ‘Human Sun,’ comes out via Art of the Uncarved Block and marks the band’s first collaboration with fellow Toronto band Low Sun who share their affinity for dynamic late 80’s underground rock and making loud, expressive music. It will be out on July 13, 2017 in full.
Both Humanities’ songs are responses to ugly realities of the contemporary world. Drone War Data Nil brings an ironic, yet humane dimension to the world of drone strikes. They asked ourselves to imagine the odd reality of weapons controlled by automated machines. Where is the human dimension? Obviously it resides in those who are the objects of the strike, but what about the anonymous figures on the other side of the screen? This song imagines a love letter as one way to expose the inhuman side of these “smart” weapons.
You can pre-order the split via Art of the Uncarved Block.
