Gang Of Four - What Happens Next album flac

With What Happens Next, post-punk legends Gang of Four have entered the reality-TV vocal-competition phase of their career. Which is, of course, a perfectly Gang of Four thing to do. After all, inciting the ire of Go4 purists-through sudden changes in direction and personnel-is perhaps the only constant factor in the band’s disjointed trajectory.

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Upon first listen to What Happens Next, what struck me most was the lack of specificity regarding its politics. But after going back and revisiting Gang of Four’s discography, I realized they have never been all that specific in their criticisms of consumerism, warfare, and conformity in general. Rather than offer solutions or form any sort of fine-tuned narrative, their lyrics have always been more rooted in the anxiety that stems from the great human rat race, not actually breaking down the race itself. The album does hit a danceable stride early on with three of its songs, two of which are driven by The Kills’ Alison Mosshart.

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What Happens Next is the first Gang of Four album without co-founding vocalist (and primary lyricist) Jon King; guitarist Andy Gill remains the Gang’s sole original member.