Pharmakon – “Maggot Mass” (Released 4th October 2024)

Description

//Sacred Bones Records//

£24.99 – 1xLP, Limited Edition Seaweed Green Coloured Vinyl

£23.99 – 1xLP, Standard Edition Vinyl

Their 5th LP retains the project’s experimental roots in power electronics and noise while incorporating industrial and punk influences.

The album stems from a profound disgust with humanity’s dysfunctional relationship with the environment and other life forms. It explores the loneliness resulting from this broken bond and challenges us to acknowledge our personal and systemic responsibility. In grappling with grief and loss on both personal and global scales, Margaret sought solace in the idea of rebirth through death, celebrating the beauty of regeneration through decay. However, she had to confront the stark reality of the disconnection from the earth under oppressive systems. Pharmakon is here imagining a path where the final act is to give back what was received from creation, offering our lives and deaths to sustain existence.

Tracklisting:

1. Wither and Warp
2. Methanol Doll
3. Buyer’s Remorse
4. Splendid Isolation
5. Oiled Animals