The World Is A Beautiful Place... Share Scathing New Single “Beware The Centrist”
Today, the Connecticut-formed post-rock collective The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die deliver a dire warning in new single “Beware The Centrist". Co-produced by Chris Teti (Fiddlehead, Anxious) and Greg Thomas (END, Misery Signals), the song was also mastered by Will Putney (Knocked Loose, END).
As their first release of this tumultuous year, “Beware The Centrist” is a powerful sonic statement of frustration aimed towards the politically apathetic. Urging listeners to take a stand against injustice and demand real change, the track erupts with raw screamed vocals, jagged guitar riffs, and pounding drums for a blend of scathing hardcore intensity and emotionally raw catharsis.
The band expounds, “Oppressors call rebels terrorists. Terror is a last resort tactic when speech, boycott, and protests are crushed and declawed. There are breaking points when average citizens are forced to embrace chaos and destruction, a reason to cause damage for a cause or a name to be remembered. When the dominant strategy commoditizes and annihilates us, it's appropriate to fight back with violence.” Watch the accompanying performance video below:
“Beware The Centrist”
They continue: “Look past the arrogance that we are safe in the US from what happens in other countries and what has happened throughout history. We have less and less time every day to change the world, as fascism cements itself into our infrastructure. Take a hammer to the world.
Sure, post on social media, spread awareness, raise funds to aid the beaten, but do not let that be the end of the struggle. They will try and often succeed in taking away our words, banning our books, dispersing our rallies. They will encourage in-fighting amongst us. Do not pretend that the way things are are the way they must be.
Learn from Willem Van Spronsen, Adam Curtis, and David Graeber. If your coworker reports you for your beliefs, destroy his tools and spoil his food.”
With a dynamic live show and a commitment to community and inclusivity, TWIABP has built a devoted underground following as they continue to uplift and inspire listeners to find the courage to face their adversities. Throughout beloved albums like 2013’s Whenever, If Ever and 2015’s Harmlessness, TWIABP have swirled richly textured Midwestern emo, snarling post-punk, driving alt-rock and droning new wave with ease. In 2021, their fourth record Illusory Walls arrived as their “heaviest, proggiest, most audacious release to date” according to Stereogum. Tackling complex social and political themes like religion and capitalism, Pitchfork praised its scathing indictments as “fuming with resentment for the ruthless greed and self-interest fueling societal collapse.”
The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die is David F. Bello (vocals), Chris Teti (guitar/vocals), Joshua Cyr (bass), Katie Dvorak (synth/vocals), Steven K. Buttery (drums), and Anthony Gesa (guitar/vocals).