Consensus Madness

Consensus Madness

Endeavors

Iron Lung

***“Let’s wage a war against austerity, banality and brutality.” Chicagoans and dear friends CONSENSUS MADNESS have arrived with a short, sharp shamble of a debut album… sung in provincial Midwest accents of course! A love-letter to proto-punk, first wave, and hardcore punk as a whole. With the infectious nature of their boisterous enthusiasm it would be impossible to not to pogo along to these com-moving, raucous tunes. It’s the best way to battle the monotony of the day-to-day grind and the general feelings of absurdity of the world as we know it. ‘Endeavors’ was inspired by a healthy dose of Dangerhouse, UK77, Neue Deutsche Welle, 90s Japanese garage, The Midwest, the grind, and an unending enthusiasm for great music that is still being made in the weird corners of this crazy world. Get timeless!Edition of 500 copies on black 140gr vinyl housed in a 24pt reverse board jacket with insert included.FFO: Amyl and the Sniffers, Snooper, the Chats, Cold Meat, Ariana Grande, Beton Arme. “But WE like: The Bags, the Stalin, X Ray Specs, Sparks, Rudimentary Peni, The Registrators, Hansaplast, All Hits ;)”

Consensus Madness

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Iron Lung

***Seven scratchy punk gems channeling a thing in which disaffected youth and energetic misfits alike can rally against the snow-soaked blandness of the Illinoian city they inhabit. Running the gamut from the proto-punk mayhem of DV8 to the early hardcore toughness of The Effigies and from the sinister outsider art of The Tyrades to the comparatively sophisticated Plasmatics. A thrilling statement of middle-finger intensity and rule smashing iconoclasm. Consensus Madness skirts the edges of chaos and good taste, holding a mirror up to society’s ugly underbelly. “They’re good, bratty fun.”—Paul R.