Mirakler Hatch an Unruly “Egg” (Track Premiere)

May 25, 2023

Steel City denizens of disaster Mirakler return with a new full-length album How I Became The Devil, out June 23 on Reptilian Records. The album evokes the crushing sense of anguish that accompanies sludge and perhaps the sounds of primordial grunge from the late ‘80s into a pained concoction that attacks the senses beyond the ears. Seventeen tracks provide ample opportunities to get to know this crushing crew whose variety of sounds will keep you guessing.

Today, we are premiering a track simply titled “Egg.” Distant voices channel sounds of early noise rock that would make Steve Albini blush. Shouted vocals and ample bass permeate this short track, maintaining a sense of melody amidst the maelstrom. This track gives a great sense of what Mirakler are capable of in short order. Fans of Today Is The Day, Unsane, and early Nirvana will find themselves right at home here.

Frontman Daniel Gene had this to say about “Egg”:

This song is about how women have been treated as less than human for as long as the stories go and how the history books are no longer even attempting to pretend like the pages are turning forward.

Elaborating further on the record overall, he adds:

I like the feeling of danger in music. I’ve always strived to recreate the feeling I had as a child when I first heard Public Enemy’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. I realized I heard that through the naive ears of a 9-year-old, but it struck me. I had no clue what I was actually listening to… Not going to pretend like I did. But that sound did something to me. And that was the initial attraction. I was drawn to that immediacy, that danger.

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