Description:	CDr in windowed digipak, limited to 100
	Format:	CD
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	Label:	Dead Pilot
	Price:	£2.49
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4
...according to our Ant on 29 April 2009.

Pretty solid CD single action from 1877 on Dead Pilot with the 'I Am An Antagonist' limited edition which comes over as a curious mix of The Sisters Of Mercy, Interpol, Sofa and prime period Human League Phil Oaky vocals. The production is well tight and mixes guitars and electronics in a wicked 80's style that has us thinking of bits of Cabaret Voltaire or New Order/Joy Division. They come across as sounding totally committed and they got that big bassline thing happening with wailing guitars and clinical drum machine pulses. The doomy vibes could easily be coming from a more electronic sounding iLiKETRAiNS. Top marks for the knife sharpening diagram on the sleeve. Yep get that blade nice and sharp so when you cut yourself you do a proper job. A decent one to drop before the big do yourself in. We're just discussing self harm. Brian used to put cigs out on his balls.

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Sound clips for I Am An Antagonist by 1877: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Dead Pilot, DEAD022, £2.49.

What their label says...

Brand new single from Bucks based noise rock/art pop crusaders 1877.

Title track "I Am Antagonist" sees the band build from up tempo electro beats to walls of synths and feedback, with a deep underlining melancholy. Think Fuck Buttons meets Joy Division with a hint of Mogwai.

The second track on the disc is a post punk electro rock bliss out, entitled "Narcolepsy".

Reviews:

"I’m picking up a definite shift towards post punk artists like Kraftwerk, New Order and the like at the moment. And 1877 are one of the better bands to emerge from this gene pool. The electronic drums and snapping snare are pinned tight back and allow the phasing synths and streams of guitar to eddy around the deliberately low mixed vocals. It’s Depeche Mode picking a fight with Trent Reznor. It’s very dark. It’s very mesmeric. It’s very good."http://www.tastyfanzine.org.uk/singles83feb09.htm#1877

"Serious, strong stuff on 1877’s debut release. Antagonist begins with electronic percussion and keyboards before the guitars come in backing submerged Curtis inflected vocals. Cold and powerfully arranged the instruments mesh and splinter menacingly.
B side Narcolepsy is, if possible, even more intense. Guitar and Bass drive relentlessly reminding the reviewer of Sumner and Hook on Interzone. True to its title, the track carries a bleak Burroughsian menace which has gone unheard in music for far too long.