IN SHORT
SOUNDS LIKE: Primal drone and forward-thinking avant-jazz colliding with a positive social message
MUSIC HAS ALWAYS played a part in protest: a way of changing the world for the better, altering perceptions or simply a means for artists to express their despair, discontent or hunger to create something new from the ashes of what went before. This crackling undercurrent unites genres as diverse as funk, punk, hip hop, soul and heavy metal; if there are pricks to be kicked against, then you can bet there’ll be a song about it, whether by Billie Holiday, Gil Scott-Heron, Los Crudos or Rage Against The Machine. Adding volume to the throng are Australian duo Divide And Dissolve – a glowering, towering drone act whose stunning third album, Gas Lit, is one of the genre’s most vital and distinctive new statements, but also the fiercest in terms of message and outlook.