The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die have returned with a new single. ‘Beware The Centrist’ sees the Connecticut-formed collective depart from their usual post-rock/emo sound to deliver an intense blast of hardcore punk.
With its raw screaming vocals and jagged guitar riffs, the sextet aim their frustration towards the politically apathetic, taking a stand against injustice and demanding real change.
In a lengthy statement, the band had this to say about the track’s context:
“Oppressors call rebels terrorists. Terror is a last resort tactic when speech, boycott, and protests are crushed and declawed. There are breaking points when average citizens are forced to embrace chaos and destruction, a reason to cause damage for a cause or a name to be remembered. When the dominant strategy commoditizes and annihilates us, it’s appropriate to fight back with violence.”
“Look past the arrogance that we are safe in the US from what happens in other countries and what has happened throughout history. We have less and less time every day to change the world, as fascism cements itself into our infrastructure. Take a hammer to the world.
Sure, post on social media, spread awareness, raise funds to aid the beaten, but do not let that be the end of the struggle. They will try and often succeed in taking away our words, banning our books, dispersing our rallies. They will encourage in-fighting amongst us. Do not pretend that the way things are are the way they must be.
Learn from Willem Van Spronsen, Adam Curtis, and David Graeber. If your coworker reports you for your beliefs, destroy his tools and spoil his food.”
The band’s guitarist Chris Teti co-produced the track with Greg Thomas (END, Misery Signals). While Will Putney mastered it.
The World Is A Beautiful Place…‘s last album, ‘Illusory Walls’, was released in 2021. Last year they released a standalone single called ‘Augeries of Guilt’.
