Cor de Lux make The Cringe sound like class rage with shoegaze bruises

Cor de Lux’s YEAR OF THE HORSE announcement brings a welcome dose of class anger to 25 June. The North Carolina Outer Banks band have signed to Ipecac Recordings and shared The Cringe, the first preview of a J. Robbins-produced album that balances post-hardcore force and shoegaze texture. Singer-guitarist Dawn Moraga ties the track to lessons learned while living in Nicaragua, while bassist John Bliven frames it as a rejection of billionaire elites and the systems that keep making them richer. That gives The Cringe real target practice. Cor de Lux sound less interested in vague outrage than in turning materialism, exploitation and disgust into volume, momentum and bruised atmosphere. YEAR OF THE HORSE looks like an album built from spontaneous rehearsals and political pressure, which is often where rock bands remember what urgency feels like.

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