By the standard of groups that got lumped into the 80s post-industrial umbrella, Borghesia aren’t all that obscure. By the same token they aren’t particularly well-remembered either. Despite numerous releases on the venerable Play It Again Sam (and some support by US juggernaut Wax Trax Records) at the height of that label’s power, Borghesia have faded into history somewhat, forever living in the shadow of that other Slovenian political art collective cum musical project. Breaking a silence that has lasted almost 20 years since their last collection of original tunes Freedom of Choice comes And Man Created God, an alternately fiery and laidback collection of songs that address global political strife and the abuse of authority in the name of money. While the Laibach comparisons are probably inevitable (and really, that storied band’s recent Spectre is not dissimilar thematically), I’d actually liken this record sonically to recent work by Snog, especially when it goes full electro-folk on numbers like “We Don’t Believe You” and the tropically immersed “Kaufen Macht Frei – Buy Baby Buy”.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 08:05:15 +0000