Name: Readjusting the Locks
Brand: Institute

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

SBR222lp

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Colour

black

Colour details

Black vinyl.

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2019-05-17

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

843563115350

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Institute

Genre US

Punk - Hardcore

Label US

Sacred Bones Records

Institute's new album 'Readjusting The Locks' is available here on CD, LP, and limited edition 'bourbon brown colored vinyl' LP.

Readjusting the Locks is the first Institute album written across the country, with half the band relocating from Texas to NYC. The band has seamlessly incorporated more '77 rock n' roll into their sound, some songs feeling like they could've been a Stiff Records single. This sound is emphasized by Ben Greenberg's (Uniform) expert production - crisp but still blown out and dirty. Lyrically, Readjusting the Locks moves away from the traditionally personal words of frontman Moses Brown. Rather than attacking the internal workings of his brain or its socialization, as on previous records, this album attempts to address the societal atmosphere in which his agita exists.

Blaming Neoliberalism and the irresponsible notions of utopia fostered under it, Brown argues that in recent decades the Western world's assumption that humanity would continue to prosper into the future has, on the contrary, created a disastrous political vacuum. Without a true plan for a sustainable future those in power will continue to offer humanity new policies, technologies, and politicians that promise change but are only capable of "readjusting the locks" on our incomprehensible existential predicament.

LP+ - Limited Edition Bourbon Colored LP.

Readjusting the Locks

Music US