Brutal. Well, here it is, as promised. The first album of 12 for 2016.

I would imagine that there are many of you who are curious as to why I titled it Brutal. Simple…. or maybe not.

Ever since I was a youth, I’ve been fascinated with architecture, mid-century modern architecture to be exact. Several years ago, my homie, PSY of the Oddities, and I started working on a project called “Moderne” to be released as our group THE NOPE’s second official release. It was an album inspired by all things mid-century. We didn’t end up completing it… it’s been on ice for a minute. Anyway, last year around March, I was thinking about that album concept and decided it was time to revisit the subject. However, my personal taste in architecture has broadened since then, and I now want my emphasis to be geared toward the brutalist aesthetic which sprung out of international Modernism.

“Brutalism,” or “brutalist,” is a term developed by Swiss French architect, Le Corbusier, to describe his work. The etymology of the term is derived from the French ‘béton brut” translating to “raw concrete”. It is not, as assumed, a reference to the brutal appearance of some of the structures, although that assessment lies in the eye of the beholder.

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