With the release of their new studio EP, ‘Escape From New York’, just a few weeks away, Brooklyn-based hardcore rockers CASH BRIBE have partnered with Decibel Magazine to premiere the music video for the record’s second single, “ICBM”. The new track comes out of the gate with furious dissonance, pummeling riffs, and aggressive vocal salvos that establish an unmistakable vitriol.
Speaking with Decibel about their new single, CASH BRIBE lead singer Joe shares:
“It’s an apocalypse song filtered through the experience of living in New York, and how our external and internal environments inseparably influence each other. Society is a death cult and it seems that we are more brazen about our slow suicide each day. Civilization is at a critical mass and yet we continue to consume at increased rates knowing that it is not sustainable, knowing that we are stealing time and resources from our future.”
Elaborating on changes within the band since the release of their debut EP, ‘Facemask City’, Joe adds, “The most glaring difference is our expanded lineup – I joined on vocals and Brian joined on bass. Most of these songs are remnants from the ‘Facemask City‘ era, but mostly unfinished, so this album required us to collaborate as a four piece to bring them to fruition.
“We also enlisted Sasha Stroud at Artifact Audio to record, mix, and master the album, which to me was as important for the album as the songs themselves. We couldn’t have been more psyched to record at Artifact and we couldn’t be happier with Sasha‘s work.”‘Escape From New York’ drops on December 1 via Fanxdangxo Records.
Watch The Video Premiere for “ICBM” with Decibel Magazine HERE
‘Escape From New York’ Track List:
1) Creature of Consumption
2) Fossils
3) ICBM
4) Life is Devastating
5) Escape From New York
6) Nothing Good is Coming
7) Patron Saint 8) Umbra
About CASH BRIBE:
Brooklyn-based heavy rock and rollers CASH BRIBE are set to release their second EP ‘Escape From New York’ on Fanxdangxo Records on December 1, 2023. Rooted in hardcore punk and rock and roll, ‘Escape…‘ is steeped in influences across the spectrum of extreme music – modern hardcore, death metal, grindcore, powerviolence, and beyond – while embracing the art of songcraft with rabid earworms strewn throughout.
‘Escape From New York’ is a step up from the songwriting and production on the band’s debut effort ‘Facemask City‘ (2022) – the new songs maintain the raw feedback-laden attack seen on the first release, but hone their white-knuckle approach to writing and contain a more diverse array on influences in extreme music.
At its core, CASH BRIBE takes a lot of influence from hardcore progenitors Black Flag, particularly the band’s Rollins-era run of classic records in the early-to-mid 80s. However, the band incorporates more modern influences as part of its approach – creating unsubtle rock and roll for today by mixing the most visceral elements of underground heavy music into a loud and vitriolic “f*ck you” to the normalized rot consuming Western culture, the creeping fascism of fundamentalist idealogues, and the horrors of oligarchy on a melting planet.CASH BRIBE was formed in Brooklyn in 2019 by Kirk, Larry, and a friend named Colin on bass – this early lineup recorded and released the debut lockdown-era EP ‘Facemask City’ in January 2022. The new release, ‘Escape From New York‘, unveils CASH BRIBE‘s complete 4-piece lineup with Kirk on guitar, Larry on drums, Joe on vocals, and Brian on bass guitar.
CASH BRIBE are:
Joe – vocals
Kirk – guitar
Larry – drums Brian – bass
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