Pop. 1280 - "The Horror"

A callback to the untamed wilds of NYC during the 80's No-Wave heyday, Pop. 1280 manage to be their own unique beast while simultaneously drawing from various aspects of the New York noise scene.  Listen to the stabbing synths and tribal ferocity of album centerpiece "Bodies In The Dunes" for a perfect example of how the group combines punk and industrial music into a revolting yet compelling concoction.  Much critical attention has been paid to the opening snarl of "Two dogs fucking/digging for gold" from lead-off track "Burn The Worm."  However, a closer inspection of the lyrics to this album find them to be not only bleak and disturbing, but also containing a deliciously self-aware sense of dark humor.  "The thing about dogs is that they don't know what they're doin'/I want you to beg like a human" may be the couplet that best sums up Pop. 1280's manifesto: they know they're creeps, and they thrive on that expression you make when you come back for more abuse.  They're the ones holding the leash and they like when you beg.  Make sure you say "please" when you ask them for another.

POP. 1280 - "THE HORROR"

Sacred Bones Records 2012

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