“𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘓𝘪𝘱 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳, 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘥. 𝘓𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴! 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘜𝘚 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝟣𝟦𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘒𝘭𝘶𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘯𝘢. 𝘛𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺.”

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From classic punk to postmodern pop for a future without genres. New York band Lip Critic play samplers, two drums and of course vocals – their unconventional instrumentation allows them to create music from hardcore to wild noise structures.

The project of Bret Kaser, Connor Kleitz, Daniel Eberle and Ilan Natter will head to the Czech Republic for the first time on 17 September, at the Prague club Bike_Jesus. Their live performances contrast with the hyper-stylized production of their albums, focusing on improvisation and experimentation.

Lip Critic formed in New York City in 2018, but their first full-length record this year, Hex Dealer, caused the biggest stir. On it, the American band plays with a variety of musical techniques and themes, with the album’s lyrics often focusing on the body and the ways in which our inner workings connect with external objects to resolve the hardships of the soul. Each track handles a wide range of emotions that are not lacking in strong dance energy.

“Hex Dealer” is a concept album about predatory preachers and similar types of people who resort to the tactics of door-to-door salesmen to fulfill their desire to control others. In this world, everything is a means to gain power, a facade to hide the true depravity of these characters. They dull their emptiness with excessive consumption; whether it’s brand new jeans in the track It’s the Magic, trips to the butcher shop in Bork Pelly, or folding the perfect sandwich at the gas station in the track In the Wawa,” Pitchfork reviews the record.