In March, electronic experimentalist Benjamin John Power responded to the ongoing crack-up of society with the feral, postindustrial World Eater (Sacred Bones), his third solo album as Blanck Mass. Best known as half of British group Fuck Buttons, Power understands how to craft profane, volatile instrumentation that evokes supernatural bliss, which he pulls off on World Eater even as he infects the album with overwhelming dread. Power has said that what he’s trying to do here is examine humanity’s “inner beast,” its fetish for violence.…
In March, electronic experimentalist Benjamin John Power responded to the ongoing crack-up of society with the feral, postindustrial World Eater (Sacred Bones), his third solo album as Blanck Mass. Best known as half of British group Fuck Buttons, Power understands how to craft profane, volatile instrumentation that evokes supernatural bliss, which he pulls off on World Eater even as he infects the album with overwhelming dread. Power has said that what he’s trying to do here is examine humanity’s “inner beast,” its fetish for violence.…