DSM IV, The - Negative Utopia [PREORDER]

9x9 Records
(NXN031EP: 0615625580983)

$20.73

Release date: 2/7/2025

Limited edition of 200 on black vinyl.

After releasing their accomplished debut album “NEW AGE PARANOIA” in 2023, THE DSM IV are following up with this limited edition, vinyl only EP “NEGATIVE UTOPIA”.

Formed by Guy McKnight of the critically acclaimed and cult favourite The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, THE DSM IV has a dark sound that blends hypnotic noise-rock with synth-pop industrial aesthetics. “NEGATIVE UTOPIA” features six more synth-pop-acid-house-goth-rock-new-wave bangers. The A-Side consists of three new songs by the band. Meanwhile on the B-Side there are remixes of two tracks from “NEW AGE PARANOIA” (‘Racist Man’ and ‘Pennywise’) plus a cover of Joy Division’s iconic ‘Isolation’.

Shimmering synth lines meet heavy guitar riffs in a kaleidoscopic sonic sound space where McKnight’s shamanic vocal acts as a guiding force. This EP, like their debut album, demonstrates that THE DSM IV are a band with a social conscience and are unafraid to speak truth to power on matters of injustice. Their music is a reflection of the what is around them, it grapples with the consequences of a cruel and unjust planet with an optimism and belief that a better world is possible.

“Somewhere between The Stooges’ primal garage punk and Suicide’s screeching futurism... blistering dance-punk” CLASH

“A swirling sinister slice of goth pop... dance floor-filling Sisters/Mission dry ice shenanigans”
Louder Than War

“Emotive and thought-provoking whilst being thoroughly entertaining”

Soundsphere

Track Listing

A1. Pink Lady
A2. Pray Like A Fool
A3. Wise Guy
B1. Racist Man (Remix)
B2. Isolation
B3. Pennywise (Hologram Cowboy Remix)