Exclusive track premiere of ‘Time Suck’ by We Owe, taken from the upcoming album, ‘Major Inconvenience,’ out December 1 via Mothland.

‘Major Inconvenience’ — the forthcoming newly announced sophomore LP from We Owe — is aptly described by sole-member Christopher Pravdica (Swans, Xiu Xiu, The Gunga Din, et cetera) as “post-alternative.” Informed by industrial, experimental music and avant-garde pop, this sophomore release from the Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist is genre-bending, musically elusive and lyrically confounding; an inventive strand of electronic music bordering anti-pop, synthpunk and post-rock.

Over 11 tracks à géométrie variable, Pravdica devises musical mazes where synthesizers abound, the line between drum machine and acoustic percussion is blurred, and guitar riffing is usually the affair of bulkier four-string models commonly referred to as bass guitars. Whether endorsing the act of wasting time, providing ludicrous dream interpretations or musing about a couple from Pompeii having sex at the base of an erupting volcano, the Brooklynite manages to induce complex emotions ranging from a perplexed frown all the way to a collusive grin.

We Owe’s ‘Major Inconvenience’ is self-produced, but also features timely contributions from longtime friends: Thor Harris (Swans, Xiu Xiu), Phil Puelo (Swans), and TRZTN. The full-length drops on December 1st, 2023 via Montréal boutique label Mothland, and should please fans of Nine Inch Nails, Throbbing Gristle, or Björk.

As Pravdica wrote of the forthcoming full-length project: “I don’t believe in inspiration as much as I believe in determination. My mind is full of crap, and any number of random thoughts lead to ideas. What remains is just the determination to see them through. So basically, it’s my entire life, and everything I’ve ever heard or seen or imagined, captured in one moment of determination. When writing for We Owe, I use the bass guitar a lot, usually many tracks at the same time. I mix drum samples and real percussion. I use synths up the wazoo, a smattering of guitar, and other instruments depending on the song. As for collaborators, Thor [Harris] is my old pal. He and I have made a lot of music together, and traveled the world together in Swans and Xiu Xiu. TRZTN is my even older pal, with whom I’ve also made a lot of music, including with Services and Flux Information Sciences. We have also traveled the world together. My pal Phil [Puelo] is from the band Cop Shoot Cop, and we both played in Human Impact together, as well as with Swans.”

To celebrate their upcoming release, today, We Owe share ‘Time Suck,’ the record’s opening track and lead single. Propelled by a four-to-the-floor beat along droney and progressive arrangements, the EDM-inspired number darkishly celebrates time-wasting with a hefty dose of cynicism. While not a typical dance song, given its experimental treatment and unique structure, it offers hooks and pulse aplenty by way of its deep, trance-inducing sonic universe.

As Pravidica wrote on the single: “For the words of ‘Time Suck,’ I was thinking about how I don’t care about wasting time and I think everyone should waste time. I hate when people are uptight about wasting time, cause there probably isn’t anything in the future to look forward to anyway.”

‘Major Inconvenience,’ his sophomore long-player, is set to be released on December 1st, 2023 via Montreal-based boutique label, Mothland. Along its 43 minutes of inventive sonic discharge, this eclectic collection of songs accomplishes its main objective; “to see ideas through,” and it does so, with uncanny precision and panache.

Headline photo: Phil Puelo

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