Yeah. You knew this bonus episode was coming.
What are the chances that two Propagandhi albums both lose by exactly two votes in the same year? And, what else is there to say about Propagandhi that I haven’t already said a hundred times?
I can’t believe I’ve now heard over half of their discography—and seemingly—many of their most iconic albums are still up next for me.
Propagandhi albums aren’t fully digestible in one bite. Or even a few bites. I try to be careful with recency bias with full-album reviews (especially with more nuanced and progressive-laden works) but I can say that this was their most enjoyable album to analyze. Prematurely? I'll go ahead and say that I feel it’s my new favorite. Lately, how much fun I have reviewing an album is starting to become top criteria for its staying power.
Considering all that I've heard so far, I'm starting to feel that they do a standard-tuned, "anthemic rock" sound the best. This album has bonafide songs that I really want to show people, and not just “brilliant pieces of technical music” to show my prog-metal loving friends. Those are songs too, but...you know what I mean.
I can’t emphasize enough that this backwards journey through their work has offered a very unique vantage point as a new fan, and it’s increased my excitement tenfold to hear their earlier albums. I'm under the impression that these earlier albums aren’t as “progressive”, but Potemkin City Limits proved that I might actually prefer that.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
2:46 - "A Speculative Fiction"
10:37 - "Fixed Frequencies"
20:02 - "Fedallah's Hearse"
30:11 - "Cut into the Earth"
39:26 - "Bringer of Greater Things"
44:48 - "Die Jugend Marschiert"
57:30 - "Rock for Sustainable Capitalism"
1:05:57 - "Impending Halfhead"
1:08:57 - "Life at Disconnect"
1:16:23 - "Name and Address Withheld"
1:23:00 - "Superbowl Patriot XXXVI"
1:23:43 - "Iteration"
1:31:53 - Final Thoughts