Live Skull Return With “Neutralize The Outliers” & Announce New Album “Party Zero”

NYC no wave veterans Live Skull will release their new album, Party Zero, on May 26th via Bronson Recordings. Following on from album opener Magic Consciousness, a modern post-punk protest tune of uncanny subtlety and power, they have now shared Neutralize The Outliers. Both urgent and catchy, it’s an addictive anthem of otherness perfectly balanced with incredible guitar work and riffs that is the sound of Live Skull in the 21st Century.

Insurrections. Global pandemics. The return of fascism. Climate crises. These are some serious times. But if you’ve got angst in your pants and you need to dance, or scream, or play guitar too loud, too close to your amplifier, turn your ear to what Live Skull are doing. The New York noisers, who went on indefinite hiatus just before their kind of smart, gnarly, inventive din became lucrative, rose again in 2016. Their new album, Party Zero, redefines what Live Skull means and what they stand for: no longer a group with a past, but one with a future. 

“We watched the chaos unfold live on the computer screen, freaking out, confusion and doubt on our faces. I realized that not only are we the hunted, but we are the hunters – and what are we going to do about it? Strike back with our own brand of chaos and noise – at least we go down in a sonic blaze of glory. Desperation inspires us to make art and music there’s a lot of birth and rebirth, looking for pathways of resistance and promoting the good and trying to fight against evil. I once said we had to start Live Skull because Reagan became president. And we had to restart Live Skull because Trump became president.” (guitarist Dave Hollinghurst)