Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness [2LP Coloured]

Flenser

£53.98

Format: 2 x LP, Mint
Catalogue No.: FR42LPX
Barcode: 0795154142415
Release Date: 27 Mar 2024
Genre: Indie/Alternative

2024 repress

Vinyl editions include digital download code & come with a 75-page zine. Layout by Niels Geybels (Agalloch, Planning for Burial).

For fans of Enemies List Home Recordings, Giles Corey, Black Wing, Planning For Burial. In 2008, Have A Nice Life released their now cult classic Deathconsciousness album to a whimper and critical non-interest. Six years after its release the band followed up with 2014’s stunner The Unnatural World, and by then Deathconsciousness had become a force of influence and fanatic obsession. Seamlessly blending shoegaze, post punk, new wave, industrial and noise with unparalleled depth and weight, the album was originally released by Enemies List Home Recordings founded by HANL members Dan Barrett and Tim Macuga. The 75-page booklet accompanying the deluxe format of Deathconsciousness details the dark and forgotten history of the Antiochean cult. Blurring the lines between novella, liner notes, and academic text, the zine itself presents an engrossing narrative. The corresponding album is rhythmic, primal and expansive, and is a gloomy-post-punk masterpiece a mediation on death, loss and existence. It feels more fresh and engaging with every listen and has held up as a remarkable piece of art. Fans of Have A Nice Life exhibit both cultic thought and action for good reason it is perhaps a fanbase as dark and mysterious as the Antiochean’s, which the album itself revolves around. Quotes : “Deathconsciousness is probably a perfect record” — Last Train To Cool // “A masterpiece of depression” — The Quietus // “85-minute powerhouse of a double-album” — The Needle Drop // “Have a Nice Life’s Deathconsciousness could quite possibly move the Earth” — Sputnik Music (5/5 rating)".

Tracklist 1 A Quick One Before The Eternal Worm Devours Connecticut 2 Bloodhail 3 The Big Gloom 4 Hunter 5 Telephony 6 Who Would Leave Their Son Out In The Sun? 7 There Is No Food 8 Waiting For Black Metal Records To Come In The Mail 9 Holy Fucking Shit: 40,000 10 The Future 11 Deep, Deep 12 I Don't Love 13 Earthmover