Land Back by The Myrrors

For fans of Stereolab, Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp, anticolonial action, and the use of joyous celebration to resist oppression, Land Back by The Myrrors deploys their blisteringly heavy brand of krautrock to rally us to the dance floor of liberation. As evidenced by the title, this album hinges on proposals of land reform in settler-colonial states, the sort of change which these governments were founded to prevent at all costs, making such reappropriation an extreme uphill battle. Nevertheless, this album keeps its head held high with its energetic mix of instrumentation from around the world and extreme deference to a rhythm section absolutely exploding with aggression. The psychedelic, cyclical songwriting implies an eternity to this dance, with no logical end in sight until the band runs out of tape. As long as the United States exists, this struggle will continue indefinitely, so a commitment to embrace the joy of the dance today and on all the days of strife to come both prevents despair and infuriates aristocrats.