Fotocrime

Exploding with melodic and pummeling industrial-tinged post-punk, Louisville dark punkstalwarts FOTOCRIME erupt in an unexpectedly aggressive tone on their new album,Security. This more guitar-driven direction may seem like a pivot, but to those in theknow its inherent in Fotocrime leader Ryan Pattersons musical history and DNA. Patterson is a musician, producer, visual artist, and creative force behind Coliseum, CatMagic Punks, Black Cross, and Shirt Killer, amongst many other bands and endeavors. Formed in 2017, Fotocrime have released five EPs and four albums, and on their fifthLP, 2026s Security, Patterson is joined by new members Benjamin Clark (formerly ofElliott) on guitar and David Cundiff on bass. Filled with tales of overblown machismo atthe nuclear chess board and honest living in a corrupt world, Security is rife withsentiments of paranoia and impending doom. Despite the darkness, Fotocrime alwaysstrikes a chord of elation with their man-vs-machine electronic-meets-organic industrialpunk.