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American EBM virtuosos YOUTH CODE release ‘Yours, With Malice’

American EBM virtuosos YOUTH CODE release
Yours, With Malice  EP

Their first musical output in 4+ years is out today—   stream/share focus track "I'm Sorry"

See YOUTH CODE in NYC [sold out] 5/23, CHI [tix] 5/24, L.A. [sold out] 6/7

"Not for the faint hearted or easily harshed..." - Consequence

"...a hard-hitting reminder of Youth Code's mesh of intricacy and intensity." - Knotfest

"the California EBM duo are carrying on the only way they know how: violently and as pissed off as ever" - Revolver

"Industrial darlings Youth Code are back and they are not fucking around." - VICE

Photo credit Atiba Jefferson 

American EBM virtuosos Youth Code have returned with their first musical output in four years: Yours, With Malice, officially released today on Sumerian Records.

Nothing hits harder than life, as they say, and the series of bloody-knuckle bouts to get to the release of Yours, With Malice led to some deep introspection by Youth Code regarding who they are, what they’ve accomplished and their next steps. These last few years of self-reflection found Youth Code stewing in a simmering cauldron of bile and vitriol as Yours, With Malice is clearly their most intricate, well-crafted and blood-thirsty release to date.  

Yours, With Malice roars and tramples like an armor-plated, weaponized bulldozer, pulverizing skulls into fine powder, while bubbling sub-bass, bone-snapping snare hits, sizzling hi-hats and rib-rattling kicks bounce off of the floors like spent shells. Sanford Parker’s powerful mix gives the effort a strong shove in the right direction– the subtle but careful ear for melody that connects all the songs, grounds them, and keeps the listener chained to the “repeat” button.  Today, the EP closer "I'm Sorry" arrives to celebrate release date.

Listen / share / playlist "I'm Sorry" on DSP's

While some of the sounds and references on Yours… come from classic 90s influences such as Nine Inch Nails’ classic Broken/Fixed duality, the untouchable middle period Ministry era that spawned The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste, in addition to a plethora of others like Front 242, Cabaret Voltaire, and Portion Control, the core attack has not changed much for the Los Angeles-based duo. 

What has changed is Youth Code’s attention to detail and their hyper focus on execution in songwriting, two things that can only come from the wellspring of knowledge found in a band that has been at it for more than a decade.  The group began in 2012 as a project between partners Ryan George and Sara Taylor, inspired by the classic sounds of New Order, Depeche Mode and the hardcore punk that soundtracked so much of their youth. What emerged was a demo cassette that led to a 7” release on Angry Love, the first band unrelated to the legendary Psychic TV to be released on that label. A self-titled album followed, then 2014’s A Place to Stand EP, and 2016’s Commitment to Complications LP, all while touring with a diverse groups like Chelsea Wolfe, HEALTH, Skinny Puppy, and more, in addition to arena shows with My Chemical Romance and main stage appearances with Nine Inch Nails. Heaps of press accolades followed before the pandemic hit, and now, in 2025, Youth Code return with their magnum opus.

Pick up Yours, With Malice here and here, and see Youth Code live in Brooklyn, Chicago and Los Angeles in the coming weeks:

Youth Code, live:

May 23  Brooklyn, NY - Gold Sounds [sold out]
May 24  Chicago, IL - Sleeping Village [tickets]
Jun. 07  Los Angeles, CA - The Echo [sold out]

Yours, With Malice cover art:

Yours, With Malice track list:

No ConsequenceWishing WellIn Search of TomorrowMake SenseI'm Sorry 

Youth Code: Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram | Tiktok | X

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Published on May 16, 2025 08:57

Throbbing Gristle 's 'Live at the Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005' Is Out Today On Mute

THROBBING GRISTLE

LIVE AT THE VOLKSBÜHNE, BERLIN, 
NEW YEAR’S EVE 2005
OUT NOW ON MUTE Photo Credit: Paul Heartfield
 

Throbbing Gristle’s Live at the Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005 is now available as a stand-alone release on vinyl, CD and digitally via Mute.

Recorded 20 years ago, the 11-track live album was originally available on the recently sold out box set, TG Berlin. The show featured five songs from Part Two: The Endless Not, the band’s first album in 27 years, several years before its release. The set, described by Uncut as “magisterial,” also included “Convincing People,” “Slug Bait,” and of course, “Hamburger Lady,” tracks that had lost none of their potency in the intervening years.

In 2004, Throbbing Gristle, Chris Carter, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (1950-2020) and Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson (1955-2010), regrouped and the following six years became a period of renewed creativity for the band. Back in the studio after 20 years, they found group intuition when performing was intact and their ability to break down barriers and forge connections with an audience was more powerful than ever.  

TG Berlin and Live at the Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005 are the latest releases in an ongoing collaboration with Mute, compelling documents of Throbbing Gristle performing and recording as a four-piece with a renewed vigour. From the opening beats and serrated electronics of one of their final tracks recorded together, “Scabs & Saws”, it’s clear that TG are not revisiting ground already tread, but bringing two decades of individual experience back into the studio to create a new exploration of sound. The vocals have a different depth, the groove is deeper, and the atmosphere has lost none of its potency.

Throbbing Gristle formed in 1975, and for the next six years they fully delivered on punk’s failed promise to explore extreme culture as a way of sabotaging systems of control. During that time, they released crucial records such as The Second Annual Report Of Throbbing Gristle (1977), D.O.A The Third And Final Report Of Throbbing Gristle (1978), and 20 Jazz Funk Greats (1979) and were infamously named “wreckers of civilisation” by the Conservative MP Nicholas Fairbairn in 1976.

From 2004, they embarked on a series of live performances, including Coachella and Primavera festivals, Tate Modern, and Heaven, and returned to the studio to produce several albums including TG Now (2004), and Part Two: The Endless Not (2007), as well as a 3-day “studio installation” at the ICA before disbanding in 2010. Their impact on music, culture and the arts has been immeasurable, and is still felt today across music, film, theatre, and fine art.

Throbbing Gristle:
Chris Carter: Rhythms, Loops, Synth
Cosey Fanni Tutti: Guitar, Cornet, Melodica, Sampler
Genesis P-Orridge: Vocals, Violin, Bass
Peter Christopherson: Sampler, Persephone keyboard

Live at the Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005 is out now on Mute. Purchase or stream it HERE.

 

Live at the Volksbühne Berlin, New Year’s Eve 2005 track listing:

 

1. Trumpet Herald 
2. Convincing People
3. Splitting Sky 
4. Slug Bait 
5. Rabbit Snare
6. Almost A Kiss
7. Greasy Poo 
8. Endless Not 
9. Vow of Silence
10. PA Destroyer
11. Hamburger Lady


purchase or stream HERE. 

 

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Published on May 16, 2025 08:57