Punk Authority [EP]
by Pete Swanson
  • Record Label: Software
  • Release Date: Mar 12, 2013
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  1. TheDRauch
    Feb 26, 2014
    7
    Punk Authority doesn't really represent progression for Pete, stylistically speaking. From the four tracks on this EP, we still find his trademark static drenched drones that can be simultaneously soothing and destructive. For this release, Pete opts for the latter and forges from the hellfire of the most aggressive drone-music an electronic record of inescapable volume. It is by no meansPunk Authority doesn't really represent progression for Pete, stylistically speaking. From the four tracks on this EP, we still find his trademark static drenched drones that can be simultaneously soothing and destructive. For this release, Pete opts for the latter and forges from the hellfire of the most aggressive drone-music an electronic record of inescapable volume. It is by no means accessible, but Punk Authority finds Swanson utilizing a much less abstract approach than the one he took on Man with Potential. Tracks like "Grounds for Arrest" and "Life Ends at 30" (The mammoth centerpiece of an already enormous work) feel both organic and focused, like the best dance tracks should. All-in-all, Punk Authority works on the blueprint that Pete has mapped out before, but uses it in a much more forward-thinking way.… Expand

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  1. The Wire
    Apr 5, 2013
    70
    Clubbers might find Swanson's approach dilettantish.... In letting this set closer sprawl out, though, he happens on a spinning wormhole of spitting snares and abrasive Konono No 1-like melodies that's sulphuric in its intensity. [Mar 2013, p.60]
  2. No Ripcord
    Mar 29, 2013
    80
    There’s something hauntingly beautiful about the way these tracks morph and evolve over their fairly short lifespan.
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  3. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Mar 27, 2013
    70
    On Punk Authority, Pete Swanson distills punk as a generic signifer and punk as an ideation even further.
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