Special Interest have announced Endure Remixed, six remixes from their critically acclaimed 2022 album Endure, out Friday, November 10th. They’ve also shared electronic cyber-punk duo Machine Girl’s remix of ‘Concerning Peace’ – Special Interest’s incendiary screed against authority. Straddling the line between club banger and punk anthem, the remix feels especially timely. Endure Remixed contains remixes of Endure favorites by artists such as Marie Davidson – and in a nod to their New Orleans roots, a bounce remix of their single ‘Midnight...
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New Orleans no-wave punks Special Interest today share a new stand-alone single ‘Disco 1.5’. The track reflects the way “Disco” was meant to be heard, or rather, the way Special Interest have been playing it live for the past 4 or 5 years. File under Classic Interest. A perfectly formed punk song in one and a half minutes. Stream / Purchase ‘Disco 1.5’ here.
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Dance-punks Special Interest today reveal their new album Endure out now via Rough Trade / Remote Control Records. Endure was self-produced and recorded at HighTower in New Orleans with engineering by James Whitten, mixed by Collin Dupuis (Angel Olsen, Yves Tumor, Lana Del Rey) and mastered by Matt Colton in London at Metropolis. Special Interest describes the experience of recording Endure as “inverted,” since the pandemic obviously stunted the possibilities of live performance, resulting in a new period of experimentation and sonic exploration in which...
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New Orleans no-wave punks Special Interest are sharing ‘Foul’ a new track from their upcoming album Endure, out Friday, November 4th, 2022. “This call and response tune is a working class anthem,” Special Interest’s guitarist Maria Elena explains of ‘Foul’. “Alli and I co-wrote the lyrics and sing it together with Ruth adding a classic line – foul! Ever so foul. It’s a dispatch from the dish pit! An ode to all beleaguered workers! Minimum balance savings account blues!” Purchase / Stream...
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New Orleans no-wave punks Special Interest announced that they will release Endure, their third album and Rough Trade Records debut, on Friday, November 4th, 2022. The announcement was accompanied by lead single ‘Midnight Legend’ featuring iconic rapper, performance artist, poet and activist Mykki Blanco, and complete with a stunning music video directed by Special Interest vocalist Alli Logout. ‘Midnight Legend’ is described by Special Interest front person Alli Logout as “a love...
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Special Interest share ‘Follow Me’, the B-side to their debut Rough Trade single, ‘(Herman’s) House’. Lauded New Orleans 4-piece Special Interest breathe new life into a late 70s disco classic from arts & culture icon Amanda Lear. Equally as euphoric as the original, mixed by Collin Dupuis, lush production, sparkling synths & heavy bass are buoyed by gorgeous glam crooning from Alli Logout, who exchanges Lear’s deadpan delivery, instead imbuing her witty...
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New Orleans no-wave punks Special Interest are sharing their first music on Rough Trade Records, a dynamic new track called ‘(Herman’s) House’ which comes with a video directed by Special Interest vocalist Alli Logout. Watch below! Special Interest is a four piece punk band emerging from New Orleans, Louisiana. Combining elements of No-Wave, Glam and Industrial, they create a frenetic and urgent revisioning of punk and electronic music for a modern world gone mad. Propulsive analogue drum machines, a swirling layer...
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